Topic: David Bell
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Parents can be assured that the vast majority of child care providers in this country are doing a good job in keeping children safe and preparing them for life at their 'big school,
Many U.K. child care operators cited Aug 20, 2005
Faith should not be blind. I worry that many young people are being educated in faith-based schools, with little appreciation of their wider responsibilities and obligations to British society
Education chief angers religious leaders Jan 18, 2005
I saw too much that went wrong in the 1960s and 1970s -- incoherent or non-existent curriculums, too many eccentric and unevaluated teaching methods, and too much of the totally soft centered belief that children would learn if you left them to it
Education official critical of past trends Oct 05, 2004
If we believe that television can be a powerful influence on young lives, and who doesn't, then having a balance of 'strong' and 'gentle' characters of both sexes is important
'Buffy' is good role model Mar 08, 2004
The survey shows you don't want to be a teetotaler if you want to get on in your job. People who drink moderately seem to earn more
Jockstrip: The world as we know it Aug 12, 2003
Ernest David Bell (4 June 1915 – 21 April 1959) was an English-born writer and curator, who was a controversial figure in Welsh arts by challenging the country's artistic heritage, but was also a supporter of young Welsh talent in the field of contemporary arts in the 20th century.
Bell was born in 1915 in London, to Idris Bell, a translator of Welsh poetry to English, and Mabel Winifred. Privately educated in England, Bell gained his first appreciation of the arts at Merchant Taylors' School. He graduated from the Royal College of Art and joined the Egypt Exploration Society, working in Sesebi in the Sudan and Amarah in Iraq. With the outbreak of World War II, Bell found work with the cartographical department of the Admiralty, first in England, and then in Wales, being posted to the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth.
After the end of the war, Bell was appointed the Assistant Director of the Welsh Arts Council and in 1951 he became the curator of the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea. In 1952, Bell, along with his father translated the works of Dafydd ap Gwilym, and he continued translating Welsh works, like his father, through-out his later life. In 1957, Bell published the work The Artist in Wales, in which he implied that Wales, as a country, did not possess a worthwhile visual cultural history. This caused a backlash from his others in the field of arts in Wales and the national media.
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