The Big Future: Speaking to children in Birmingham

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The Big Future: Speaking to children in Birmingham
Published June 5, 2026

I have been thinking about politics a great deal as I travel the length of England promoting my survey of children The Big Future.   I don’t mean what happens in Westminster, or what dominates the news. I mean the messy and beautiful business of how we go about deciding how we live together.   Last week, I was in Preston, and […]

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