Fully updated and expanded, this is the paperback edition of an important contemporary political polemic by Bartholomew, who travelled the world to see how cultures and lives are changed by the welfare system.
The founding of the welfare state in the 1940s was one of the crowning achievements of modern British history - or was it? In this work James Bartholomew advances the sacrilegious argument that however well-meaning its founders, the welfare state has in reality done more harm than good.
A sequel to James Bartholomew's bestselling "The Welfare State We're In". Bartholomew travels to 11 countries around the world to look at how 'welfare states' are changing. Which ones have got it right and how have they done it?
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, rich in architectural and horticultural treasures, are among the most beloved of the world's gardens, and, strange as it seems, this is the first photographic portrait of that living laboratory and pleasure ground.
