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The root of the problem
Cover story: Food security has risen up the political agenda, but sufficiency of supply is not the whole challenge. Instead, we must look at ‘food capacity’ and the sustainability of our models of production and consumption
Video: Artist David Cotterrell speaks about his time on the front line in Afghanistan
Extended interview: The education debate between Michael Young and Ian McGimpsey continues online
White noise
Fellow Michael Collins on why television continues to provide a distorted portrayal of the white working class
Shopping for skills
Does today's approach to education encourage children to pick and choose topics at the expense of learning core subject knowledge?
The joy of failure
Fellow Mitchell Sava argues that we are too risk-averse
How to enhance your intelligence
Professor James Flynn on how love and luck can make your cleverer
Why children need space
David Willetts on why we need to halt children’s retreat from public spaces
Interview: Asma Jahangir
The United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of religion discusses taking on mullahs, generals and feudal lords
Art in the danger zone
Michaela Crimmin discusses how artists provide new perspectives on the subject of war
David Cotterrell on art and war
Artist David Cotterrell speaks about his time spent with British troops in Afghanistan
An artist reports from the front line
David Cotterrell's personal account of working among British troops in Afghanistan
Bringing knowledge back in
The full interview between Michael Young and Ian McGimpsey, exploring the influence of the internet in schools and the value of vocational qualifications
