Richard Reeves
Articles by Richard Reeves
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Ideas
'Technology is producing less white heat than white noise, but broadband is like the jet engine'
- 31 May 2004
Just as some people fly to Nepal and the majority go to Ibiza, so some will use bigger bandwidth to research bilingualism in Patagonia and most will order their groceries. The impact it has will be up to us
Ideas
NS Essay - The belief that more education will create more equal opportunities has been proved wrong
- 24 May 2004
Genuine meritocracy and greater social mobility are emerging as Labour's big ideas for the third term. But perfect equality of life chances, argues Richard Reeves, is impossible unless the state intends to stop parents reading bedtime stories to their children
Ideas
NS Essay - Friendship is the invisible thread running through society
- 19 April 2004
Friends can give you longer life and better health. But they can also be the basis for hierarchy, social exclusion and hostility to strangers. Another word for friend is "crony". By Richard Reeves.
World Affairs
The nation wants a daddy, not a bud
- 08 March 2004
Observations on the US presidential elections
Ideas
NS Essay - 'The Tories will briefly return to power in 2010, but after that it will be Labour's century'
- 08 March 2004
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The Blair-Brown style, with its notorious control-freakery, is the result of too long in opposition. If the next generation opts for liberal socialism, the party can expect years in office
Ideas
NS Essay - When it comes to family, sex, food and booze, people hate being told what to do
- 02 February 2004
Ministers should ignore the "nanny state" taunts. They may face opposition at first but, as drink-driving shows, they can make us more responsible
Ideas
NS Essay 5 - On a (leftish) wing and a prayer?
- 15 December 2003
Religion is a dirty word in British politics. But a faith system that emphasised social good might be better than today's uncritical worship of the market
Ideas
NS Essay - 'We are faced with a tyranny of small decisions; choices that turn out to be double- edged swords'
- 24 November 2003
What we buy, which school the kids go to - daily life presents a growing array of options. Would we be better off with fewer of them?
Ideas
NS Essay - "We are witnessing the death of the political personality"
- 27 October 2003
The great problem of our age is not too much presentation - Churchill did soundbites - but the loss of the conviction politician with energy and power"
Society
The battle for childhood
- 20 October 2003
We all love children; even politicians do. Yet we are in danger of taking from them everything that is most precious: freedom, health and happiness
