A new society
A nation in a union
Derek Matravers and Professor George Schopflin ask what does it means to be English?
We want your opinions
As a nation, we're getting older - and that costs. We want to hear your opinions on how we pay for old age.
Hillary and the double standard
In the society blog, Jessica Evans asks if the treatment of Hillary Clinton shows the persistence of an old double standard.
Blog: the end of the road?
Discover the career choices facing older workers. Will you be jobless after you're 50?
Playing the markets; spreading the blame?
Is the press a little too keen to label Jerome Kerviel a rogue trader?
Making a stand
A walk in the forest and some slime mould inspired Anuradha Vittachi's declaration of interdependence.
The good life
What’s it really like to live in one country and work in another? Peter Walton tells it how it is, commuting across the continent.
Change the world
Ask Bob Geldof - the power of the internet can change the world. Learn five ways to make a difference online.
What's mine is yours
Can a divorce settlement ever be fair to both parties? We consider the options in what’s mine is yours.
Accounts due
If sustainable development is the way forward, what then for our common economic future?
Rediscovering the lost
Press coverage of violence can rob the dead of their identity so how should we mourn 'our' dead?
Wastes of space?
A former hospital head explains why it's not so simple dealing with so-called bed blockers.
An 'us and them' type of unity
Does bundling together the many different communities in the nation make sense? Who defines multiculturalism?
A United Kingdom?
It's easy to get carried away with ideas of British tolerance, but outside a few city centres, what's the real picture? Are we really multicultural?
Cooling Britainnia
Can you sell a national identity like ice cream or training shoes? Follow New Labour's attempts at re-branding Britain.
Choosing the children
If you can predict - and thin out - those predisposed to disease, what does that mean? Can we balance society and genetics?
We are all God now
By placing choices that could shape life as yet uncreated in the hands of parents, science shifts theological debate. One case is the interplay between religion and genetics.
Life in a world we can shape
If we can shape our children to our will, what would that do to our relationships with them? Consider psychology and genetics.
Power corrupts
Big business has a reputation for abusing its power. Explore the tactics used to call companies to account.
Privacy issues
Discover the ideas behind CCTV and data collection. Why are these techniques used? In the UK today, how private is private?
Under observation
Once CCTV was confined to the high street; now it’s invading your office. Discover who’s watching you work, and why.
A broad society
Living on island may seem idyllic - but what's it really like when that means living cheek by jowl?
Beat the clock
Twenty-four hour shopping, news, even hairdressers - what are the perils of living 24-7?
Champs on drugs?
Is sport ruined by the use of drugs? Can you keep the Olympic ideal pure simply by testing the best?
Knowing your place
Pipe dream of revolutionaries or practical possibility? Can there ever be a classless society?
Increasing burdens?
With the shrinking ranks of the economically active being asked to support growing numbers of elderly people, are we the wrong age?
Full world
Thomas Malthus predicted that war or famine would right an oversized population. Should we expect such a realignment? With finite resources, are we too many?
