Health, housing and happiness
The flourishing of pensioners today is not biological destiny, but the fruit of decades of public policy.
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Tag: Politics & society
John Humphrys’s dismal legacy
After 32 years on BBC Radio Four’s flagship news programme, Today, John Humphrys has told the Daily Mail that he is “assuming” he’ll leave the programme this year. Unfortunately, his legacy will be a style of interviewing that has made our news media less, not better equipped to give our politicians the scrutiny and interrogation a healthy democracy needs…
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The Ethics of Interrogation
I’ve contributed an essay to Media Ethics, Free Speech, and the Requirements of Democracy edited by Carl Fox and Joe Saunders. It’s about the importance of how media interviews with politicians are conducted for a healthy, accountable democracy.
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Lessons from a divided nation
Could Brexit be good for business? Perhaps – if only because it has taught us several important lessons about how not to conduct collective decision-making, which corporations would be wise to heed.
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The spirit of Christmas doesn’t have to be Christian
How do we take Christmas seriously if we don’t take it literally? How do we stop it becoming just a childish fairytale, something to provide themes for Christmas cards and carol concerts
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