Climate change is much more existentially threatening than COVID-19
The pandemic has shown that change, when faced with a huge threat to life, is possible on a huge scale, says climate author Jennifer Crouch
The hate-filled rhetoric of the radical right threatens democracy itself
Dr Neal Curtis warns there is an imminent threat of right-wing authoritarianism supplanting democracy.
We cannot carry on condemning our most vulnerable children to a lifetime of crime
Luxembourg provides a model of how we should treat minors in our criminal justice system, says Chris Daw QC
We remain one of the world’s richest countries at the expense of its poorest
The memory and experience of empire is built into the deep structure of how the UK engages with race, class and gender, says Peter Mitchell
Artificial intelligence could bring the benefits of private tuition to every child
Every learner should enjoy the benefits of private tutoring – and Ai could deliver it, writes Tom Moule
The five-day working week is an arbitrary invention
The 19th century five-day working week has no place in the 21st, says John Howkins
Everyone is responsible for creating a better world
We need more advocates for kindness, inclusion and positive change, says Karen Edwards
So called Corporate Social Responsibility is just a massive swindle
Modern corporations are desperate to put soul into soul destroying jobs, argues Peter Fleming
What if…Boris Johnson had gone to a state school?
How different would be Boris Johnson’s personality and politics if he had gone to a state school? SaySo asked a range of experts
Our society can’t afford the richest 1%
In these extracts from his book “Inequality and the Social Thinker” Danny Dorling lays bare the impact of the wealthy elite on the rest of society.
Our children are being trained to do jobs that robots and algorithms can already do
Britain’s schools are unfit for the future our children face, says ITVs political editor Robert Peston
By remaining outside the community, private schools are anti-community
State schools need the pushy confident and better-off parents who opt for private education, argues Robert Verkaik
Plastic symbolizes a world of the past that didn’t care enough for the environment
Plastic production is still increasing and no major company has a realistic plan to reduce their use of it, writes Will McCallum
Our farmers can both feed us and fight climate change
Sustainability expert Richard Lindsay says farmers need to play their part in helping to control greenhouse gases.
I’m a human not a customer
Treating people as customers when using public services may do more harm than good, argues Catherine Needham
Just 600 people own most of Scotland
Most of the land in Scotland is still owned by a tiny number of people, says mountaineer and writer John Burns
Go vegan, it is the only way to truly save our planet
Adopting a vegan diet is the best way to start saving the planet, says Formula One racing champion Lewis Hamilton
Let everyone get ‘married’ – even friends
Human rights campaigner Peter Tachell discusses a radical proposal to extend the legal status of marriage with Artemis Photiadou.
We are ruled by a deeply disturbed elite
British boarding schools are to blame for an unhinged ruling class says writer and survivor Miranda Doyle
Ian Wright provided a lens into black lives
Former soccer star Ian Wright was one of the first black athletes to personify the black community in the UK, writes Derek Bardowell
Diversity means the working class too
Authors vying for the 2017 Man Booker Prize had one thing in common, they were NOT working class, writes Gavin James Bower
The threat posed by Brexit is dangerously real
Britain’s exit from the EU could trigger a long political war in Europe or worse, says historian Sir Tom Devine
Food labels are too complicated for most shoppers to understand
Clearer and more standardised food labelling would help shoppers make better nutritional choices, says psychologist Dawn Liu
It’s the grind that gets you down, every single day
Some of the million Britons living in persistent poverty have been talking to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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“We must allow ourselves to surrender to the reality of the crisis to begin the massive task of saving the planet”
“It is part of a concerted effort by the radical right to reassert a social hieratrchy with the white, straight, Christian man returned to his throne”
“Ten years old is one of the youngest ages of criminal responsibility in the world”
“The world is getting hotter and we’re running out of both space and time”
“Intelligent Tutoring Systems have the potential to disrupt the shadow education system.”
“Let’s share work around more equally between those who are overworked and those who are underemployed”
“Many people are detached from a cause often because they haven’t thought about it from a personal perspective”
“The loss of heathland across the UK has caused a decrease in the number of reptiles”
“I had to convince the local authority to support me to go to university”
“Children of professionals will, by the age of three, have heard a million more words than the offspring of less articulate parents”
“We can all become ‘active citizens’ and not just ‘passive consumers”
“I doubt whether I would be where I am today if I hadn’t been to either Oxford or Cambridge”
“Elon Musk may once again be overestimating his capabilities”
“Racism is a key feature of the lives of black and minority”
“A quarter of sons born in 1958 from the poorest homes remained among those on the lowest incomes as adults”
“A quarter of doctors received their primary training outside of Europe”
“Let’s challenge the casting of the next James Bond”
“If a species is alive, but will never exist in the wild again, is this truly conservation?”
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“The climate crisis is not just some inconvenience, it is a major threat and it will get worse the longer we leave it.”
“The privilege of living in a peaceful and secure country makes us feel we no longer need the institutions that gave us that security in the first place”
“We cannot afford the grotesque human and financial costs of our criminalisation of children”
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State schools need the pushy confident and better-off parents who opt for private education, argues Robert Verkaik
In these extracts from his book “Inequality and the Social Thinker” Danny Dorling lays bare the impact of the wealthy elite on the rest of society.
Treating people as customers when using public services may do more harm than good, argues Catherine Needham
Performance artist Ellie Harrison shares her vision of a low carbon city lifestyle after a year confining herself to Glasgow
Britain needs a new type of politics to overcome many issues including social mobility, says Philip Collins
Human rights campaigner Peter Tachell discusses a radical proposal to extend the legal status of marriage with Artemis Photiadou.
Authors vying for the 2017 Man Booker Prize had one thing in common, they were NOT working class, writes Gavin James Bower
Adopting a vegan diet is the best way to start saving the planet, says Formula One racing champion Lewis Hamilton
Award-winning TV adventurer Simon Reeve says migrants are a boon for rich economies but devastating for the countries they leave behind
Modern corporations are desperate to put soul into soul destroying jobs, argues Peter Fleming
Clearer and more standardised food labelling would help shoppers make better nutritional choices, says psychologist Dawn Liu
Some of the million Britons living in persistent poverty have been talking to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Ecologist Louise Gentle highlights the five main threats to Britain’s wildlife and how they can be controlled
Britain’s exit from the EU could trigger a long political war in Europe or worse, says historian Sir Tom Devine
Most of the land in Scotland is still owned by a tiny number of people, says mountaineer and writer John Burns
A new Magna Carta is needed to protect everything of common ownership from public parks to councl housing, says Guy Standing
Autonomous vehicles will deliver a revolution in transport and mobility plus a huge boost to the economy, predicts Nicola Jennings
Sustainability expert Richard Lindsay says farmers need to play their part in helping to control greenhouse gases.
Artemis Photiadou of the LSE discusses gender equality with Brenda Hale, the first woman to be appointed President of the UK’s Supreme Court
How different would be Boris Johnson’s personality and politics if he had gone to a state school? SaySo asked a range of experts
Former soccer star Ian Wright was one of the first black athletes to personify the black community in the UK, writes Derek Bardowell
Plastic production is still increasing and no major company has a realistic plan to reduce their use of it, writes Will McCallum
Lee Elliot Major of the Sutton Trust and Stephen Machin of the London School of Economics explain how Britain has become less mobile particularly at the top and bottom of society
Britain’s schools are unfit for the future our children face, says ITVs political editor Robert Peston
Stephen Evans says every victory emboldens religious fanatics. Those opposing them need more support
British boarding schools are to blame for an unhinged ruling class says writer and survivor Miranda Doyle
Too often who you are born to determines whether you make it in life, says Britain’s first professor of social mobility Lee Elliot Major
Criminologist Anthony Ellis explores the many factors behind the rising levels of lethal violence in England and Wales
Some schools are more concerned with their reputations than tackling racism , says Kalwant Bhopal
The aspirations of state educated kids would improve if 007 was portrayed as someone from their background, says Iain Garner
Many of the Muslim children in care may never find a permanent home, warns Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor
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