Richard D North is the Media Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs and has worked extensively in the UK media, writing for, amongst others, the Independent and the Sunday Times.  Richard has also published a number of books, including Life on a modern planet: a manifesto for progress and "Mr Cameron's Makeover Politics: Or why old Tory stories matter to us all", the latter of which was published out of the Social Affairs Unit, where Richard blogs on art, film and social issues.