Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, it's a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that at some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

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Tonight, George Basilitz talks to me about a painting career that's taken him from post-war East Germany to his work today.

I've been rereading Teodor Sturm, the author who's writing on 19th century floods speaks to today's sodden Britain.

And which literary lady should we hold up as a role model to our daughters?

Anne of Green Gables and Jane Eyre battled out later on.

But first, Ed Miliband this week evoked an idea which inspires some and horrifies others.

Parent power has the way to make schools better

and get rid of those laggedly head teachers.

Clearly we need greater local accountability for our schools.

And in the coming months, David Blunkett,

we're making recommendations to us about how to do this.

As part of that plan, we must also empower parents. Parents should not have to wait for some

other body to intervene if they have serious concerns about how their school is doing, whether it's a

free school academy or local authority school. But at the moment they do. The emphasis in Mr Miliband's

speech was perhaps a reform language we've heard more from the centre right than the centre left.

I was struck by the language of ongoing change and the way it's become second nature to politicians of all stripes when it comes to the public services.

No self-respecting party leader is going to say they're pretty happy where things are.

So to reflect on whether permanent reform is the way forward, I brought together Sally Morgan, the Labour Pier,

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