Daniele

I'm studying spanish and french so I'm looking for some good spanish music. Normally for french I just listen to like edith piaf and that helps me get into a french mood but I'm yet to find anything spanish that's good, I can only find things like shakira which is tripe. Generally I listen to motown, Etta James, Nina Simone, Britpop, David Bowie, the kinks, the who, the rolling stones, Indie stuff in general, things like Blondie, the clash, the jam and most swinging 60s bands. Basically anything that's retro and not too cheesy (cancelling out a lot of the 80s) but when I do homework I like a more classic sound (hence edith piaf) so if there's a spanish language singer who has a similar effetc to any of the prior bands/singers I'd appreciate it :)

Personally I'm yet to see how this could benefit our country, as surely without nukes we'd be ineligible to have a permanent security council seat and as we lack the financial muscle of other non nuclear powers, like Japan and Germany, our ready reduced global standing (thank you isolationist Europhobic Tories) would surely decline further. On top of a serious strain with the special relationship with the US due to the scrapping of Trident constituting a decline of the West's combined nuclear deterrent by a fifth. I know it's highly unlikely Trident will be scrapped as Corbyn won't get into power (as a Labour member and not a Trot this sickens me) but still, are there any diplomatic benefits of scrapping Britain's nukes or only drawbacks as I envisaged?

If anyone here is pagan and uses forums for pagan topics I'd like some links to some please

I don't care about which pagan tradition but all links to pagan sites/forums etc appreciated:)

I don't come from a religious family but personally I've always been Christian. But recently I was thinking about my faith's actual authenticity. I mean the Bible was put together 300 years after Jesus' time (not to mention the earliest books in the new testament were written 80 years after the death of Jesus) in a highly politicised environment as a Roman Emperor had put the meeting together. So in the past whenever people have claimed Christianity is the right religion through quoting the Bible I'm starting to find it hard to accept it's credibility. Also a lot of biblical teachings contradict each other frequently which also casts more doubt into my mind. Then there's the over complicated terminology and theology such as transubstantiation that requires legions of priests to understand, even the trinity doesn't make much sense with claims that the holy spirit is equal to the father and son even though common sense dictates it must surely be inferior as it precedes from both of them. It all just seems a bit man-made and artificial to me, even the idea of a sentient God seems unlikely to me, I mean a God with supposed human emotions such as wrath etc couldn't have existed before humans walked the earth and the earth has existed far longer than humans have. Anyways has anybody got anything to put my mind at ease? With historical authenticity because I really don't like having my faith tested :s thanks

I was just wondering why these churches ever had a schism. I mean from my eyes, as a Church of England Protestant they're almost identical besides Orthodox priests being bearded and in Catholicism statues being venerated rather than icons etc. Just wondering why are the churches separate really and is there any possible chance of the churches uniting? Also ways they're the same would be good too :) thanks

I'm thinking of doing Geography, History, Spanish and Classical Studies but drop Geography at A2. I'd like to study History (any era really) and Spanish at a Russell Group University. And after that, ideally I'd like to work in the foreign office and ultimately have an ambassadorial post. My average grade at GCSE at the moment is A* in History, R.E., Drama, Spanish and English Language. A's in French, Geography, Additional Science (I already got an A in core science) English Literature and a B in Maths. Do you think this is a good combination of A levels and will help me get the career/university course I want?

I'm currently choosing my A levels and so far I'm choosing English Language, History, Classical Studies and Spanish but whenever I've mentioned I'm doing English Language to people only people who tend to get Cs etc say they're also doing it at A level (I'm generally an A/A* in everything bar maths) so I was wondering, is it generally viewed as a soft subject by universities or potential employers etc? Also the people who tend to get similar grades to me are taking English literature which I know is a facilitating subject but I can't take it because although I'm quite good at it (I got an A* in the controlled assessment) I find it quite boring and it isn't in the right option block-I'd have to drop history, my favourite subject to accommodate it. So that isn't an option. I'm concerned because I'm quite ambitious and would like to work in the foreign office when I'm older so I'm worried I could potentially be held back by a soft A level, although I do really enjoy English Language at GCSE and I've never got lower than an A* in it.

I'm choosing my A levels at the moment and I know what I want to do for my first 3 A levels; I'm picking history, French and Spanish but for my fourth option I don't know whether or not to choose

a) classical studies-I've never studied this before but I've always been fascinated by classical cultures and I've already read the Iliad and the Odyssey.

b)English language-So far at GCSE level I've achieved all A*s and one A in my controlled assessments and in the mock exam I did last year I got an A* and I've heard it's useful as a facilitating subject but I'm not entirely sure whether I'd enjoy it enough to do well, generally I find it a bit dull to study.

c)theatre studies-I'm an all round A* in drama at GCSE level but I don't really intend to be an actor, although I wouldn't avoid the chance to become one if the circumstances in which I could occurred.

I'm really unsure what to take and what could help me most in getting a job in the foreign office. I still don't really know what degree I'd like to study but I know it'd have to incorporate languages and history somehow (preferably through Erasmus). Anyways, what A levels would be the best for me to pick?