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The practical yet mystical magic of David Jones
The man who an early art teacher said "leaves everything out except the magic" is captured by two Sussex exhibitions. One of David Jones’s art teachers spotted early what made his pupil so...
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Improving lives – one miracle at a time
Recent innovations in healthcare technology are now enabling people to achieve things they never thought possible. Advances in healthcare technology are disrupting our world like never before. They...
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Oscar Pistorius verdict raises the bar for South Africa's judiciary
What happens to Pistorius now? And what are the legal implications? The South African Supreme Court of Appeal’s unanimous decision to find Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder by overturning a lower...
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Labour can win the argument for fairer taxes - but inheritance tax will have...
Our new report finds that the tax is suprisingly popular on left and right - and harms the overall cause of rebalancing taxes to wealth and land, says Andrew Harrop. The British tax system is broken....
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John McDonnell on Labour’s new politics: “It’s a story we can all be part of”
This is going to be one of the most significant periods for politics this country has seen for a century, writes the shadow chancellor. Just five months ago, Jeremy Corbyn, Michael Meacher and a...
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What does scrapping the courts charge reveal about Michael Gove as Justice...
The controversial criminal courts charge, which punishes the poor, is being reversed. The Justice Secretary Michael Gove has scrapped the criminal courts charge. The measure, which hits defendants...
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Why did the result in Oldham West come as such a surprise?
Most of the media, activists from both sides and politicians were surprised by Labour's big victory in Oldham West. What were we missing? In 2009, I knocked on a door in one of the leafier bits of a...
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Home Alone remains the best thing about Christmas, 25 years after its release
How the classic family film about a lonely child is still the silver tuna.Home Alone is a classic. And it's not just a Christmas classic – heck, I don't even celebrate Christmas. But it's a classic...
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Facebook has built up a list of your interests, and it's probably a little weird
New Statesman staffers are apparently harbouring secret interests in alligators, DNA, and infiltrating the monarchy. Facebook shows us ads all the time, and to do so, it turns out it has assigned each...
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ITV News confused Lenny Henry with Ainsley Harriott
Ready, steady, cringe. Everyone loves Lenny Henry, don’t they? Kids, grown-ups, Her Royal Highness: the comedian is so well-loved that he has been awarded a Knighthood at Windsor Castle today. Well,...
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If men got pregnant, abortion would be legal everywhere
The concept of women deciding when, whether and how to have children, is still a threat to the status quo. The seahorse is a fascinating creature. Aside from being evidence that whatever god of...
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Labour's Oldham West victory: in numbers
What we can infer from this result about Labour’s wider electoral prospects is less clear. Jim McMahon has been widely praised, and it was a conscious decision by Labour to put their candidate front...
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Labour's Oldham West victory proved a few enduring truths
All politics is local. When the result of Oldham West and Royton by-election was announced, it almost seemed laughable that a Labour victory in one of its safest seats in the country was ever...
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Is Chris Grayling the most incompetent member of the government?
It’s often said that all political careers end in failure, it just seems that Grayling’s seems to failing before it has ended. Never let it be said that nothing ever changes in politics. In fact,...
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Sinatra and the mob
Just what was Frank Sinatra's association with "made men"? At some point in the early 1980s, Pablo Escobar built a private zoo. The Colombian drug baron had yet to embark on his campaign of...
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Would you donate your womb when you die?
The main issue is consent. Should we assume that women who have opted to donate other organs are happy to donate their wombs too? The year 2018 could well see the UK’s first babies born to women who...
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An attacker at Leytonstone tube reportedly said "this is for Syria" during...
Reports suggest the man claimed the attack was in response to British intervention in Syria, while Londoners respond with the hashtag #youaintamuslimbruv. Police are investigating a possible terrorist...
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COP21 and the challenge of climate leadership
Genuine progress is still possible in Paris - but real leadership is needed, now and in the future. By the end of this week we will know whether the Paris summit has produced a new global climate...
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“Empty the Jungle”: Are French detention centres abusing migrants’ human rights?
Migrant retention procedures in France are costly, cruel, and “do not conform to the law”, according to a French human rights agency. The population of migrants in Calais has doubled in the last...
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When David Cameron became Tory leader, he wanted to end child poverty. Now he...
Ten years ago today, David Cameron promised a different type of Conservatism. He hasn't delivered. Now you see it… Now you don’t. The government’s rustled up a party trick for the kids this...
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