But given today's rhetoric about bullying, you could be forgiven for thinking that kids today are not simply reading and watching grim, postapocalyptic fantasies like "The Hunger Games" but actually inhabiting such terrifying terrain, a world where "Lord of the Flies" meets "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, " presided over by Voldemort.
Down the other, slightly less-morbid, path: a Lord of the Rings-style fantasy world with monsters and hobbits.
More than 2, 000 years ago our Lord Jesus brought a message of peace for the whole world but unfortunately in the holy land itself we are still suffering from conflict and injustice.
Labour's culture, media and sport spokesman Lord Stephenson of Balmacara argued that the UK's position as a world leader in the creative industries was under threat.
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In his role as chief executive, Lord Browne would have spent a lot of his time jetting round the world talking to leaders in whose countries BP either wanted to work or already had facilities, analysts said.
The Tory former chancellor Lord Howe of Aberavon added: "It is well known that the Ordnance Survey is a world-class national mapping organisation and national treasure".
The opening proclamation by the lord mayor also saw the return of a set of scrolls, which have been sent around the world for former residents of the city to sign.
The prime minister who led the UK through most of World War II was, like Wellington, Lord Palmerston and William Gladstone, accorded a full state funeral.
Lord Rogers, who has designed some of the most influential buildings in the world, said it was a "disastrous" decision.
Lord's Media Center, the first all-aluminum building in the world, won a host of awards, including the Stirling Prize, Britain's most prestigious architectural prize, in 1999.
Gloucestershire captain Mark Alleyne, who lifted the NatWest Trophy on Sunday - his second piece of Lord's silverware inside a month, makes the one-day list after missing out on the World Cup.
At Lords questions on 27 January 2011, Lord Fowler, a former journalist and chairman of the House of Lords communications committee, said the News of the World had been "directly conspiring against the public".
The years after World War II saw a change in the management and ownership of the course when Lord Sefton sold it to the Topham family, who put it in the care of Mirabel Topham.
The old dogfighters like Frank Lorenzo (once of Continental and Eastern) and Lord King (of British Airways) have given way to a younger generation of marketeers, more suited to the world of virtual airlines, alliances and empowerment programmes.
Lord Hall of Birkenhead, chair of the Cultural Olympiad, said that the UK "has a lot to offer the world" on conflict resolution, highlighting Northern Ireland as an example.
Women do not lord it over the men in some mirror image of patriarchy but men and women live as equals, albeit in a world that orbits the mother not the father.
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There's also a short debate on commemorating the centenary of the World War I - led by Labour Peer, Lord Clark of Windermere.
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