On 7 October 2007 Paul Garner was a telephone guest on Rob Frost’s Sunday morning programme on Premier Radio. In the wake of three major new statements on the teaching of origins in schools, he was invited to speak about whether creation should have a place in school science lessons.

Later that day, the same question was the topic under discussion on BBC1′s The Big Questions. Sylvia Baker of the Biblical Creation Society was a guest in what turned out to be quite a bear-pit! One contributor, Steve Chalke, asserted that Genesis is simply a beautiful poem despite the fact that Hebrew scholarship – see here and here – does not support this claim. In the circumstances, Sylvia was measured and gracious and we hope that registered with viewers of the programme.