Friday, 2 November 2012
Salt and Light Papers
Friday, 7 January 2011
Britain in 2011
Britain in 2011, published by the Economic & Social Research Council, 122pp., £5.50.
This magazine published by the Economic & Social Research Council (which bills itself as ‘the UK's leading agency for research funding and training in economic and social sciences’) looks at eight significant areas of life in the UK today:
• Environment
• Public Services
• Money and Business
• Politics
• Recession and Recovery
• Science and Innovation
• Society
• Media and Entertainment
They also publish Society Now three times a year which is freely downloadable from their website.
Sunday, 2 January 2011
The World in 2011
The World in 2011, published by The Economist, 158pp., £5.50.
As with issues from previous years, this is a mixture of comment on projected issues and events of 2011, along with some soft predictions and speculations, largely limited to politics and economics but with some broader culture references, divided into the following main areas:
• Leaders
• Britain
• Europe
• United States
• The Americas
• Asia
• Middle East and Africa
• International
• The World in 2036
• The world in figures
• Business
• Finance
• Science
• Obituary
Some of the articles are available online here, and archived issues from previous years are available here.
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
Britain in 2009
A magazine published by the Economic & Social Research Council (which bills itself as ‘the UK’s leading research and training agency addressing economic and social concerns’) looking at eight areas of life in the UK today:
• Environment
• Public Services
• Economy
• Politics, Religion and Society
• Business
• Science
• Lifestyles
• Media
They also publish Society Now three times a year which is freely downloadable from their website.