Growing up, I was fortunate enough to come from a family where reading books was encouraged and seen as vital for the development of spelling. Visits to the library were a past time and among the furniture of the home, heaped book cases were normal
Frank Owen, the lead character in Robert Tressell's novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, expressed his frustration at the dismissive response of his fellow workers to his arguments for a better society
Economist George Tait Edwards MBE asks Western economists eight direct questions
After the 9/11 tragedy there has been a surge in the radical Islamist movement writes Ola Onikoyi
I was absolutely horrified to read that the UK Government may be underestimating the numbers of families in poverty, by up to an estimated 40%, according to academics at Edinburgh University writes Hussein Al-Alak
The Major Projects Authority has serious doubts about the prospects for Iain Duncan Smith's pet project, the Universal Credit, says Felix McHugh
Thomas Riggins continues his analysis of Lenin's Materialism and Empiro-criticism