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
Society
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.
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
How did a rich, sophisticated borough make so many mistakes?
Community housing expert Anne Power reveals ten lessons learnt from the Grenfell tower disaster
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
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