by Philip Bray | Feb 24, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, International Perspectives, Policy Insights, Sixth Edition
Japan, Korea, The Netherlands and Spain think about the long term in very different ways to us, says Philip Bray Folded into the seat on a plane back from Seoul, or under the Channel on a train home from The Hague, or blearily waiting for a delayed Piccadilly Line... 
by Lucy Smith | Feb 18, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, International Perspectives, Policy Insights, Sixth Edition
Lucy Smith argues that democracies need not be short-sighted I have clear memories of the summer of 1991, which I spent with my French exchange Cécile and her large extended family in an enormous, falling-down house in the Brittany countryside. The family called this... 
by Bowie Penney | Jan 26, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Featured article, Policy Insights, Sixth Edition
Bowie Penney explains how civil servants across government can use the latest research on deprived neighbourhoods In October of last year, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (IoD25), the... 
by Andrew Bailey | Nov 4, 2025 | Articles, Book Reviews, Fifth Edition, Reviews
Andrew Bailey reviews books challenging our response to Covid and our alleged neglect of the future To this day I can vividly recall my first meeting with Jeremy Heywood over lunch at the IMF staff canteen in Washington DC in the late 1980s. Jeremy struck me then, and... 
by Chris Whitty | Oct 21, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Fifth Edition, Policy Insights
Chris Whitty demonstrates how people who live longer do not necessarily spend more time in ill health This chart, showing data about the age and health of females in the most and least deprived areas of England, contains several key points for public policy. ...
