Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented
Just what does the Scottish National Party want? And what could it mean for the UK? Douglas Fraser i
Paul Johnson, the director of the widely-respected independent Institute for Fiscal Studies, has bee
Where the Arab Spring overthrew dictators, is the Middle East now dismantling the very 'lines in the
What do we really know about the effects of pornography?Public debate has become increasingly domina
Predistribution is Labour's new policy buzzword, used by leader Ed Miliband in a keynote speech. The
Self knowledge through numbers is the motto of the "quantified self" movement. Calories consumed, en
The gap between English north and south is growing. But does government have the answer? In the nort
The words of William Blake's Jerusalem were invoked by Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee when he
Politicians are wary of forcing us to do the things they think we should such as drinking less, savi
A spat between feminist Suzanne Moore and transgender rights activists played out on social networki
As more and more people look forward to ever longer life, Analysis examines what it's like to grow o
The Muslim Brotherhood is a global ideological network enjoying popular support across the Sunni Mus
Roberto Unger is an American-based thinker who is highly critical of the current ideas from left-of-
David Goodhart considers whether the declining status of basic jobs can be halted and even reversed.
In the last few weeks a number of high street names have closed for good. In Analysis Phil Tinline a
The government of President Assad of Syria is under threat. So too is the secretive Shia sect known
The cash question facing an independent Scotland. Chris Bowlby discovers the key role of currency in
In the battle over rewards at work, workers grew accustomed to winning a healthy share of the spoils
With the downfall of the former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, political change has already happ
Catholic Social Teaching embodies a tradition of thought which goes back to Aristotle; yet its propo
