The pace and in some cases the nature of changes happening in society are occurring so rapidly that even our best efforts at incremental change leave us running in order to standstill,

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,There is a rapture on the lonely shore,There is society, where none intrudes,By the deep sea, and music in its roar:I love not man the less, but Nature more.

The substance of what we do and how we do it is probably even more important than how that is perceived and how we communicate it.

As involvement increases so does trust,

I am delighted but not all that surprised that Local Hero has proved so enduringly popular, as this poll demonstrates. It's a film of which I remain immensely proud and I'm thrilled that it's continuing to give great pleasure to people across the UK.

Mr Clooney I take my hat off to you.