General Introduction
1 The World Around Us: A Roof of One's Own Jeanette Winterson
My Bubble, My Rules Lynne Truss
The iPod People Andrew Sullivan
Home Thoughts from Abroad Jan Morris
The Demolition of Euston Arch John Betjeman
Accident at Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Lawrence R. Dunne
For compact, sustainable communities Harley Sherlock
Worried? Us? Bill McKibben
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2 The World Of Work: The Worst Jobs in History Tony Robinson
Studying the Beach Roberta Rosen
Work Expands so as to Fill the Time Available for its Completion Cyril Northcote Parkinson
Why I Write George Orwell
Which mother knows best? Po Bronson
Taking the rap for fashion 'slaves' Gary Younge
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3 Science: Questions and Answers from 'The Last Word' (Spectral images, Dem bones, Forest of fear) in New Scientist
How to Build a Universe Bill Bryson
A Major Discovery by Alexander Fleming AndrT Maurois
The Natural Selection of Beauty Charles Darwin
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4 Parents And Children: That Certain Smile Miles Kington
My Mother's Gift to Me Sylvester Monroe
No arms, no legs ... but I think my life is perfect Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmons
Letter to Daniel Fergal Keane
Enabling children to make moral decisions, from letters to The Times
Learning Right from Wrong Anita Gurian
What Bullying Means to Children Jean La Fontaine
The Parrot's Training Rabindranath Tagore
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5 Human Rights And Wrongs: One kid's blast against bigotry Libby Purves
This Last Fight for Human Freedom Emmeline Pankhurst
'I have a dream' Martin Luther King
306 pardons, one act of sanity Ben Macintyre
Dead man talking Steve Boggan
The Tollund Men Brian Keenan
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NOTES ON AUTHORS