Musical styles ebb and flow: each generation will find a new sound, a beat, that defines it. The constant is that music is always there and has been ever since man crawled out of the primordial swamp.
Not being able to read accurately and fluently is a crippling barrier to achievement, but one that need not exist. And too often, pupils from the poorest backgrounds suffer most, which is an affront.
On Saturday 8 July, hundreds of thousands of people attended the London Pride Parade, one of the many celebrations throughout the summer and across the UK in support of the LGBT community.
