He favors more extensive child-care coverage to encourage more women to go to work, and civil unions for gay and lesbian couples (same-sex marriage, in Catholic Italy, is not even on the table).
Every field is covered, with an extensive children's reading area and a specialist history and biography section.
It's a family place that turns out hearty, reliable dishes: chicken, steak, trout, lamb, pork chops, a Friday night lobster special, a Saturday night prime rib, freshly baked pies and an extensive children's menu.
Books House 93 High Street, Thame, Oxon OX9 3HJ, 01844 213032 Housed in a spacious listed building, the Book House has a particularly extensive children's section that spills over into a conservatory overlooking a walled garden.
An extensive children's menu includes cheese pizza, grilled chicken quesadilla, Nutella-banana piada or peanut butter and jelly piada, with organic milk or juice and a snack like fruit, dried fruit crisps or baby carrots for $6.
Throw in a powerful line-up of musical performances, including the post-punk pioneers Magazine and Edinburgh's own Edwyn Collins, alongside the usual extensive children's shows, and Mainland is convinced the eclecticism will be matched by quality and a new generation of Edinburgh legends.
