Why we cannot afford to raid the child trust fund piggy bank
We asked our writers to explore an issue they feel passionate about. Child trust funds are under threat. Zoe Williams says we should maintain the most successful savings initiative launched
Why politicians fight shy of campaigning on the arts
Culture is peripheral to politics in Britain. MPs, who readily parade their favourite football team or pop group, will only support the arts in private
General election 2010: If Britain is really post-racial, why is the election so white?
In the latest in our series in which Guardian writers report on issues they feel passionately about, Afua Hirsch examines an election that flatters to deceive those hoping for real equality at last
In the latest of a series of articles by Guardian writers on issues they care passionately about, George Monbiot asks how, when English politics is trapped in a neoliberal consensus, is green socialism able to flourish in Wales?
