Analysis

How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times
Illustration of hobbits in Middle-earth
Analysis

How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times

Could increasing taxes on airlines pay for the UK’s green transition? 
Climate crisis

Could increasing taxes on airlines pay for the UK’s green transition? 

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police
Corrupt cops: Serpico lead actor Al Pacino and Training Day star Denzel Washington
Review

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police

Seven things Labour needs to do to make levelling up actually work
Keir Starmer Labour Levelling Up
Levelling Up

Seven things Labour needs to do to make levelling up actually work

Rishi Sunak is betting on carbon capture. Can it actually solve the climate crisis?
carbon capture
Environment

Rishi Sunak is betting on carbon capture. Can it actually solve the climate crisis?

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling
Fossil fuels

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling

Labour says ‘there’s no money left’. We asked experts if that’s true
The economy

Labour says ‘there’s no money left’. We asked experts if that’s true

Homelessness in England has reached record levels – here’s why, and how to fix it
Homelessness

Homelessness in England has reached record levels – here’s why, and how to fix it

I spent 10 years working as a prison officer. The impact of staff cuts and reduced funding has been devastating
Alex South portrait, brown hair black top
Alex South

I spent 10 years working as a prison officer. The impact of staff cuts and reduced funding has been devastating

How European street paper vendors are coping in the heatwave
A street paper vendor in Belgrade makes a sale
climate crisis

How European street paper vendors are coping in the heatwave

The UK is still not prepared for extreme temperatures – here’s what it should do
Climate crisis

The UK is still not prepared for extreme temperatures – here’s what it should do

Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class 
Britpop

Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class 

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
Glyndebourne Festival
opera

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

Why is Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?
Labour

Why is Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?

Schools, hospitals and trains: Is the end of the strikes in sight?
Strikes

Schools, hospitals and trains: Is the end of the strikes in sight?

Michael Gove couldn't spend £1.9bn to tackle the housing crisis. So here’s 10 things the money could be spent on instead
Michael Gove leads DLUHC
Government spending

Michael Gove couldn't spend £1.9bn to tackle the housing crisis. So here’s 10 things the money could be spent on instead

As a Northern Ireland peace negotiator, I know just what the Illegal Migration Bill risks
David Trimble John Hume and singer Bono May 1998 and Tim Wheeler
Dr Avila Kilmurray

As a Northern Ireland peace negotiator, I know just what the Illegal Migration Bill risks

An Elemental problem at the heart of Pixar
Animated illustration of characters Wade, Ember and Ember's mother brook
Analysis

An Elemental problem at the heart of Pixar

The NHS at 75: How do you fix the broken, beating heart of a nation?
NHS at 75

The NHS at 75: How do you fix the broken, beating heart of a nation?

London Pride: Should 'pinkwashing' organisations such as BP, Shell and the Met Police be involved?
Pride celebrations

London Pride: Should 'pinkwashing' organisations such as BP, Shell and the Met Police be involved?