Frogs may be croaky orators, but there’s wisdom to be gleaned from observing their habits. When a frog unfurls its tongue to catch a passing fly, it does so by…
11 Nov, 2013
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07 Nov, 2013
Childcare in Austere Times
A typical British two-parent family spends one third of their net income on childcare, therefore changes that affect people’s wealth are likely to impact on their demand for childcare.…
04 Nov, 2013
Books For an Autumn of Inspiration
As the almost instantly forgettable party conference season disappears over the horizon the Westminster bubble political landscape would be hard pushed to inspire anybody much at all. For hope of…
04 Nov, 2013
Compass (un)conference teaser
See below for a teaser of what is to come at our Festival of Ideas November 30th. More names, sessions and the full programme to come. Click on the image…
01 Nov, 2013
Compass conference won’t be just another stale political conference
This article first appeared in OpenKingdom November 1st 2013 I had my first dose of party-political life two years ago at the Labour Party Conference (for work- I’m not a…
01 Nov, 2013
Compass conference won't be just another stale political conference
This article first appeared in OpenKingdom November 1st 2013 I had my first dose of party-political life two years ago at the Labour Party Conference (for work- I’m not a…
31 Oct, 2013
Energy Companies and People Power
Ed Miliband’s announcement, at the Labour Party Conference, of a proposal to freeze energy prices is a bold move to shift the balance in economic life in favour of the…
29 Oct, 2013
Compass Confessions
Ok – two confessions. The first: as Chair of Compass, I am as passionate about the good society as anyone I know – I desperately want to transform our…
29 Oct, 2013
How to Create a Better World: Bring about a Revolution in Universities
The crisis of our times is that we have science without wisdom. This is the crisis behind all the others. Population growth, the lethal character of modern war and terrorism,…
22 Oct, 2013
A New Curriculum?
This is an article by Kirsty Styles based on an interview she did with ed tech entrepreneur Gi Fernando on technology's role in changing how education works. Gi Fernando is…
17 Oct, 2013
Our human rights are under attack
It was hard to miss the headline announcement at Tory Conference – a long anticipated commitment to scrapping the Human Rights Act (HRA) and possibly withdrawing from the European Convention…
09 Oct, 2013
Post-conference statement
Where do we go from here? As the conference season draws to a close this is an opportune time for those who want a good society, one that is much…