Editorial: Politicians may be nervous about talking about Britain’s arts in an election campaign, but the nation’s cultural health matters to all parts of society

Editorial: A British economy that should be picking up pace instead appears to be slowing down. It’s time to ditch the vaunted economic plan, and try some new ideas

Editorial: Everyone needs a roof over their head. That’s why housing has to be at the heart of economic policy

Editorial: It is not enough to make vaguely encouraging noises: all the parties need a deeper commitment to the value, and values, of science

Editorial: If we are to live in a society at ease with itself, politicians must find a more constructive language

Editorial: The UK has decisions to take about the country we want to be, and the threats we face. But the main political parties are silent

Editorial: David Cameron’s modernisation of the Conservative party is forgotten. Tory social policies are neither kind nor competent

Editorial: The coalition started out with some feel for freedom. That’s been lost over time. And now the Tories threaten the whole framework for fundamental rights

Editorial: Our relations with Europe and the rest of the world have played almost no part in the election campaign so far. It’s time they did

Editorial: In this first of a series on the big policy options of the general election we look at the imperfect but nevertheless stark alternatives that face Britain on economic strategy