Most people would agree that the family is the most important and fundamental unit in society. The traditional family based on marriage is coming under severe pressure and an increasing number of alternative family models now exist.  There is considerable evidence that the traditional family offers the best environment in which to rear children, despite…

In 1930, in a beautifully written essay ‘Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren’, the famous economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that within 100 years we would all be working a 15-hour week because of advances in technology, industrialisation and mechanisation.   Alas, 85 years later, the reality for many of us is that advances in computing,…