For those of you writing essays about abortion, there some interesting arguments (and points of style) here and here.

Those of you looking for pointers on writing a more persuasive essay should trawl the websites of broadsheet newspapers such as the Guardian and Independent.

Note, we are not looking at news stories here; we are looking at the opinions of columnists and commentators. Imagine this is an argument you are trying to win with a very brainy friend…