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Journalists, welcome to the adblocker apocalypse
Apple's new operating system allows users to easily block ads on mobile, just as it launches its own news app. For the digital media, this is nothing short of a disaster. Imagine you regularly walk...
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Pregnant migrants in the UK are struggling to access proper antenatal care
Increasing numbers of female migrants are not seeking antenatal care because they fear high costs or being thrown out of the UK. Pregnancy can be a nervous time for all women. But for migrant women...
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Who's who in Team Corbyn?
The Labour leader's inner circle. At the end of his first week as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has completed the key appointments to his office. Here's who's who in the team.Simon Fletcher, Chief of...
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Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet: the full list of ministers
The new Labour leader has appointed his full shadow frontbench team. Jeremy Corbyn has completed his shadow frontbench appointments. It is a majority women shadow cabinet (52 per cent), up on the 47...
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The 2015 Ig Nobel prizewinners: bees in your pants, the word "huh", and...
Honouring this year's strangest scientific discoveries. The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony is an annual tradition honouring the world's most unusual (and sometimes possibly helpful) research from a range of...
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Diversity quotas are meritocracy in action
For centuries, there was a quota for the representation of men in politics. It was 100 per cent. What we measure reveals what we value. Right now, in business and politics, there’s a movement to...
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Could BBC Three's People Time be the beginning of a sketch show renaissance?
It’s rare to see something at the pilot stage that is so fully-formed and so confident. Also – no small matter, this, for a comedy – it is hilarious. My blogging is commonly devoted to film, with...
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Does Labour have a woman problem?
The fate of Diane Abbott suggests it just might. The latest Ucas figures find that ethnic minority students are one to two per cent less likely to get offers from the top universities than their white...
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Want to really change politics? Look to cooperatives
Traditional politics is being superceded in the modern world. It's time for the left to put people power into practice. Traditional politics is struggling to keep up with modernity. In a world where...
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English magic: how folklore haunts the British landscape
The Land of the Green Man by Carolyne Larrington shows how supernatural stories can help us understand reality. One harvest time during the chaotic reign of King Stephen, a farmworker in Woolpit,...
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Alexis Tsipras to form a new government as Syriza win Greek election
Syriza have won the Greek election with 35 per cent of the vote. Syriza is poised to form a new government after winning Sunday's snap election in Greece. The leftist party, lead by Alexis Tsipras,...
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The best of Twitter on #piggate
The front page of the Daily Mail is reporting allegations that David Cameron once did something indecent with a pig. Here are the best Twitter reactions. Hello, and welcome to our #piggate round-up –...
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Will Lord Ashcroft's scandalous biography harm David Cameron?
And five other questions raised by Lord Ashcroft's sensational account of the life and times of David Cameron.What's this about David Cameron and a pig? Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative donor...
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London used to be the city of opportunity. Now that's under threat
Britain's housing market leaves young people locked out not just of owning a home, but getting the top jobs in the first place. The worsening problems of the UK’s housing market are having a dire...
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Simon Jenkins on military intervention reminds me of the times we didn't act
Mission Accomplished? The Crisis of International Intervention shows how military action can lead to suffering - but what about inaction? Journalism, it is said, is the first cut of history. Simon...
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Is Lord Ashcroft's new David Cameron book a “revenge job”?
Today's Daily Mail front page makes it seem so, but co-author Isabel Oakeshott has defended the book on Radio 4. Isabel Oakeshott, the co-writer of a new book on David Cameron currently being...
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Today's youth have ditched sex, drink and drugs for hard work
Duller than their parents. As they suppress laughter reading the allegations of David Cameron’s youthful dalliance with a pig, many parents may be fearful of what their own children are getting up to....
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Joe Biden could yet be the one to beat Hillary Clinton
Where Clinton is polarizing, Biden is respected across the aisle and well placed to consolidate Obama’s achievement.“Run, Joe, run!” chanted the crowd in Pittsburgh on 7 September. Joe Biden obliged,...
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Afraid of circles? How fear reveals our most simple selves
We often forget that fear is our most primal, deep-seated response. Why else would we be scared of such strange things? We are such simple creatures that we can attach fears to a circle. In a study...
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Don't nationalise the railways. Nationalise buses instead
Public ownership of the railways won't do very much for inequality. But greater public spending on buses just might, says Tim Stacey. This weekend Jeremy Corbyn announced that his first official...
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