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
Society
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
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
Religious bullies are on a roll. They must be stopped
Stephen Evans says every victory emboldens religious fanatics. Those opposing them need more support