The Social Affairs Unit addresses social, economic and cultural issues with an emphasis on the value of personal responsibility. We research, challenge and debate issues from welfare to warfare, always seeking to draw out the role of the individual's obligations.

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For Private Military Companies to flourish they may have to become much more boring and perhaps less effective enterprises, argues Richard D. North: War Plc: The rise of the new corporate mercenary - Stephen Armstrong Richard D. North

Cameron gets just tough enough on the fat and the poor - argues Richard D. North Richard D. North

The fact that a book as bad as Human Smoke can get as much attention as it has tells us what is wrong with publishing today, argues Jeremy Black: Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II and the End of Civilization - Nicholson Baker Jeremy Black

Psychiatric services in Britain are being destroyed by an apparatchik class which has already undermined our schools, univeristies and police service - argues Theodore Dalrymple Theodore Dalrymple

We are lucky to have the Mittals living in London - the Mittal's choice makes one proud to be British, says Richard D. North: Cold Steel: Britain's richest man and the multi-billion dollar battle for a global empire - Tim Bouquet and Byron Ousey Richard D. North

Farewell to Exams: Lincoln Allison says good bye to forty years of marking scripts Lincoln Allison

Standpoint - The July Issue Michael Mosbacher

Portillo's Patter: An Audience with Michael Portillo Jeremy Black

Enough Said: The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting at Tate Britain Christie Davies

The Times History of London, 5th Edition - (Ed.) Hugh Clout Jeremy Black

A Short History of Britain
The Slave Trade
"Scrap the BBC!": Ten Years to Set Broadcasters Free
Diet Nation: Exposing the Obesity Crusade
The English at Table
The Politically-Correct Gospel

Warning: Immigration Can Seriously Damage Your Wealth
Wealth And Poverty: A Jewish Analysis
How to Maximise Your Expenses: Advice to new Members of the European Parliament
Butler's Dilemma: Lord Butler's Inquiry and the Re-Assessment of Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
British Anti-Americanism
Mr Blair's Messiah Politics: A story of inspired government, 1997-2007