Founded by public speaking trainer Matthias Poehm, this is a real honest-to-god political party devoted to the extinction of bad presentations.

FORBES: Let's Have a Party!

As a counterweight to the lamentable history of Christian-Jewish sparring, Ms Rubin might have said a bit more about the latest insights into the apparently Jewish roots of the Christian feasts which are ostensibly devoted to the Mother of God.

ECONOMIST: Virgin Mary

Other Proms highlights include a series of concerts devoted to Christian music, under the theme God and Music, in celebration of the 2, 000th anniversary of the birth of Christ.

BBC: Proms close the musical divide