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Claire Fox

Claire Fox

Claire Fox is director of the Institute of Ideas

Articles by Claire Fox

Unwrapping urban myths

By Claire Fox | 06 October 2011

House building has failed to keep pace with demand. We need more new homes, according to Claire Fox.

Adult authority has been eroded

By Claire Fox | 14 September 2011

The young have lost respect for adults because of the latter’s abrogation of responsibility in it...

Hacked off

By Claire Fox | 09 August 2011

Real democracy needs rather more than self-serving editorial which blurs the distinctions between...

Bill Stickers is innocent ok!

By Claire Fox | 30 June 2011

Council crackdowns on leaflets and posters are in danger of sanitising public space and killing o...

On the shelf

By Claire Fox | 26 May 2011

We need to cherish our libraries for their books – not as fashionable ‘chill out zones’, says Cla...

What value is a social enterprise?

By Claire Fox | 26 May 2011

Should councils really be expected to make a special case for every organisation which claims to ...

Time for reason

By Claire Fox | 05 April 2011

Despite concerns about nuclear power arising from the disaster at Fukushima, in Japan, councils s...