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Cabinet audit: what does the appointment of Liz Truss as Justice Secretary...
The political and policy-based implications of the new Secretary of State for Justice. After alienating thousands of teachers with a sweeping programme of reform, Michael Gove found a different...
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Other male spirits we wish the Ghostbusters would destroy
The four Ghostbusters break a number of male spirits in the new movie. Here are some more we wish they would destroy. Who would have thought a movie about women running around cleaning up after some...
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Pro-Corbyn crowdfunders rapped over "buying" votes
The websites aimed to raise the £25 fee for those who couldn't pay. Pro-Corbyn Labour members have been warned about crowdfunding websites that break the rules on voting in the Labour leadership...
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In need of political escapism? Never fear, Owen Smith is here
He would like you to know that he is a potent force, waiting to be unleashed. It has recently become evident that we are living Dark Times. But in the wake of Brexit; in the aftermath of terrorist...
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Goodbye, Singha beer and cheap white wine: cocktails go best with Thai food
Essentially, the Som Saa staff are on a long, crazy trip across an unknown land. As an insouciant teenager, I spent six months in south-east Asia, uprooting myself from my native terroir for a gleeful...
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Leader: The rise of pluto-populism
The forces that propelled Mr Trump to the Republican nomination – belligerence, vacuous promise-making, xenophobia, racism – are all too present in Britain and elsewhere in Europe. The spectacle of...
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What we know about Labour's £3 supporters - and whether they'll help Jeremy...
The £3 supporters were likely to be older, former Green voters. Forces on both sides of the Jeremy Corbyn debate have made the most of the 48-hour window within which anyone can register as a...
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Theresa May’s mission is to resolve Thatcher’s contradictory legacy
The new Prime Minister recognises how economic liberalism undermines conservative values. In January 1956, as Anthony Eden’s premiership succumbed to drift and decline, the cry went up for the “smack...
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Which CLPs are nominating who in the 2016 Labour leadership contest?
The race now moves onto supporting nominations from constituency Labour parties: who will emerge the strongest? Jeremy Corbyn, the sitting Labour leader, has been challenged by Owen Smith, the MP for...
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Creative disruption: a shifting investment backdrop
Arjun Bhandari, Analyst within Henderson's Strategic Fixed Income Team, looks at several disruptive trends in the economy and how their interaction may be contributing to the current low growth, low...
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Cabinet audit: what does the appointment of Justine Greening as Education...
The political and policy-based implications of the new Secretary of State for Education. An early supporter of the new Prime Minister, and longstanding cabinet member, Justine Greening was always...
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Cabinet audit: what does the appointment of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary mean...
The political and policy-based implications of the new Secretary of State for the Home Department. The good news first: Amber Rudd, MP for Hastings and Rye since 2010, joins May in the Great Offices...
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Cabinet audit: what does the appointment of Philip Hammond as Chancellor mean...
The political and policy-based implications of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. Even officials with leftwing politics hoped that Theresa May would keep George Osborne in place at the Treasury, for...
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Tears in heaven: Why do we cry on aeroplanes?
I've cried on planes for so long, I've started packing a special "crying kit" for use in-flight. For years, I assumed that my tendency to cry on planes was just a quirk. I often seek out tear-jerkers...
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Saudi trafficking, Iran's unpaid bills - what diplomats' debts reveal about...
Syria owes £40,838 in cleaning and lighting bills. The United States owes British authorities £10.6million in unpaid London congestion charges, figures from the Foreign Office have revealed. Other...
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Commons confidential: Eagle's wings clipped
Bizarre that a three-time election-winner is now Labour kryptonite.The hatchet-faced Priti Patel showed no style on her debut at the Department for International Development, a cabinet post she never...
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Jeremy Corbyn's confident performance shows he believes he'll win again
There was not a hint of doubt at the Labour leader's campaign launch. For a man who has lost the support of more than 80 per cent of his MPs, Jeremy Corbyn is in high spirits. "I have an ability to...
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An Amazonian tribe is challenging scientific assumptions about our musical...
The Tsimane’ – a population of people in a rural village in Bolivia – are overturning scientists' understanding of why humans prefer consonant sounds over dissonant ones. It was 29 May 1913. Hoards of...
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Jeremy Corbyn's campaign speech in full: "I came into politics to stand up...
The Labour leader launched his campaign to remain in power. Jeremy Corbyn launched his campaign to be re-elected Labour leader with a defiant speech promising to tackle discrimination. He looked at...
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Why is BBC Radio Cumbria talking about 1974?
Tuesday, and yet another shout-out to listeners who might remember the making of the 1974 film of Swallows and Amazons.“I feel I’ve got to mention this because we don’t often get the chance,” trembles...
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