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Nick Wheatley's avatar

I was interested to see that you posed the question on X, asking why documentaries are worse now than the ‘70’s and 80’s. I don’t have X, so I’ve not see the responses. Your conclusion that we are just getting stupider might be true; to a point. However, I find documentaries are now almost unwatchable. I have just given up on a BBC documentary on Shakespeare, despite Dame Judi Dench and Brian Cox being interviewed in it.

There is always a message on race, sexuality or politics subtly portrayed in the cast of actors used or unsubtly by the selection of left wing academics or the narrators script giving their left wing world view. War documentaries sanitise films of conflict. The World at War, for example did not. I watched it as an eleven year old, when it was first broadcast and talked about it with my parents and teachers. It showed the reality of war.

We are being treated like children who must be told what to think.

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Joshuardo's avatar

Thinking about Woodbridge I always wonder to what extent the neighbour’s you will probably have factor into property prices and how innately people know this? Like a lot of things, good schools, safety, etc are basically affected by this but I’ve never seen it much specifically in the way people break down why a property is worth lots or not. Maybe identifying a place where people have yet to identify sound neighbours is a good way to identify a good investment in property as daft as that seems.

If you ever go back to Cumbria (Westmorland) again and want to satiate your interest in Quakers I’d recommend a trip to the Quaker tapestry in Kendal if you’ve not been. It was made in the 1980s/90s (started by children then adults joined in) and tells their history. Very interesting place to see and doesn’t really get many visitors (I only went when back home on holiday a few years ago). £9 for adults but free for Children.

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