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Owen Smith attacks "secret Tory plan" to privatise the NHS
Smith has pledged to increase NHS spending by 4 per cent a year. The Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith is to attack a "secret plan to privatise the NHS" in a speech on Monday. His claims are...
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Why do “anonymous ask” apps keep coming back?
Curious Cat, the latest in a long line of anonymous question sites, is the purest expression of the confessional internet. Late at night on a website, a woman is being asked questions by a...
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What do neoliberals actually believe in?
If you're befuddled by political and economic terminology, you're not alone. The Staggers dons a tin hat and investigates. Neoliberal (n,a) A desire to apply certain principles of 19th century...
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Every doctor has ghosts – one day, one of mine came back to help me
Patricia came in for a consultation six weeks ago. Just turned 70, she remembered her back hurting when she twisted at a dance. Len came to me many years ago. A tall, lean retired miner, he’d been...
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Why can’t Jeremy Corbyn talk about abuse without making it about himself?
As female Labour MPs and staff are targeted, their leader repeatedly responds by complaining about his own experience. By now, it is no secret that something is rotten in the state of the Labour...
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Save your outraged tweets – marketers are trying to offend you
Thanks to social media, sharing your disgust at a brand’s offensive message can often benefit rather than harm them. Just under two years ago, a week before Christmas, Slate dubbed 2014 “The Year of...
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On the road in Rio: how a dance craze is transforming the lives of inner city...
As the world focuses on the Olympics, working-class Brazil is being united by greater recognition of passinho dance culture. Of all the aspects of Rio’s well-received Olympics opening ceremony, it was...
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How Mmusi Maimane became "the Obama of Soweto"
The South African opposition leader is taking on the ruling ANC. But can he deliver on his promises?“No pencil test can define me,” declared Mmusi Maimane, South Africa’s opposition leader, at the...
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Burials, cremations, dissolving: the new ways to die well
Life after death is changing – thanks to scientific innovation. The best time to plan is now. What happens to us after we die? It is one of the most profound spiritual questions, but also a practical...
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Is Donald Trump finally imploding?
It is looking like this might finally be the end for the Republican party’s ill-fated Trump experiment. I laughed last June, when that orange ignoramus, with his ridiculous hair and impossible...
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Doorknocking and divisions: a year in the life of a constituency Labour party...
In the last 12 months, our MP has had a death threat, and relations between different factions have become febrile. I’d always assumed that no one became a constituency Labour party secretary without...
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Could YOU be the next whiny feminist of the month? Meet the Justice for Men...
Tory MP Philip Davies railed against "feminist zealots" at a conference organised by the party. What is the Justice for Men and Boys party? Founded in 2013, “J4MB” describes itself as anti-feminist...
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The Ukip MP Douglas Carswell is paid in gold nuggets for adverts on his website
Fiscal responsibility, libertarian-style. In the modern-day equivalent of storing all your cash under your mattress, the Ukip MP Douglas Carswell asked to be paid in pure gold – rather than via money...
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The New Vegetarianism: why we need a different approach to reducing meat...
It’s time to replace the government's lacklustre stance on reducing meat-eating, and the "vegan-or-bust" message of some activists, with a new campaign that is more realistic about our diets. Unless...
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A city left behind: post-Brexit tensions simmer in Bradford
With a local council hit by cuts and long-running arguments about immigration, residents are struggling to find a positive response to racism in the Yorkshire city. Edmund Street sits at the centre of...
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Twice bottled grief: the defiant life of Tony Garnett
Garnett’s potent memoir The Day the Music Died shows a life defined by the refusal of even the most ordinary levels of mendacity. Unlike Ken Loach, his friend and frequent collaborator, Tony Garnett...
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Jeremy Corbyn wins backing of 285 CLPs after nominations close
The Labour leader has the overwhelming support of constituency Labour parties. Jeremy Corbyn has received 84 per cent of nominations from constituency Labour parties in the battle to remain the...
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Is online porn really “damaging” young people’s health?
The impact of online pornography on sex and relationships is still underexamined. The top story at BBC Newsbeat (the BBC’s flagship news programme for Radio 1) today is a shocking headline: “Watching...
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Do CLP nominations show that Jeremy Corbyn is winning the Labour leadership...
Corbyn triumphed in 84 per cent of constituency party votes. But Owen Smith's supporters say they give a misleading picture. Constituency nominations for the Labour leadership closed today and it's a...
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Reversing the muse: musician Laura Marling on her quest for more women studio...
The singer-songwriter is campaigning for more female representation behind the scenes in the music industry. It has often been said that Laura Marling is wise beyond her years. Her debut album, Alas,...
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