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An anthropological look at our children

By Sir Peter Hall

5 September 2008

A train to Disneyland Paris, or back to London, provides an opportunity for amateur research in social anthropology - especially if you appear to be the only passengers without an accompanying bevy of small children, and if you happen to be reading the August issue of Prospect magazine, with a challenging piece by Richard Reeves on the unfashionable topic of character.

The rise and rise of silver-haired Brits

By Karen Buck

5 September 2008

News that pensioners outnumber children for the first time has generated predictable hand-wringing.

Fyson on ... how to ensure population data collection

By Anthony Fyson

29 August 2008

How to ensure population data collection rigorous enough to inform government expenditure.

Cities Unlimited

By Tim Williams

22 August 2008

Policy Exchange's diagnosis was right

ERDF penalties

By Jamie Carpenter

22 August 2008

European fines cast a shadow over renewal

School Lessons

By Tim Williams

15 August 2008

Why Poles can take British jobs at will

Red tape

By Tim Williams

8 August 2008

Bureaucrats only block and divert

Inner city life

By Sir Peter Hall

8 August 2008

Urban centres a new creative hotbed

Richards on ... dealing with the downturn

8 August 2008

Credit crunch, economic slowdown, recession, "Wall Street got drunk".

Schooling power

By Sir Peter Hall

25 July 2008

Education is way to close wealth gap