Hmmm not really sure. What triggered the suggestion was a pic I'm working on. While researching costume I got engrossed in the child labour situation in England in the early half of the 19th century. I suppose, therefore, I was thinking more in an historical context. However, contempory issues could include gangs, poverty, drug use, sweat shops and third world deprivation. Shrugs 'World Event/Politics just seems like too wide a brush. Jack