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“I don’t dwell on the morbidity of it”: inside the mind of a high-wire walker
No ropes, no harness, no safety net: Jade Kindar-Martin – high-wire artist and stunt double in The Walk – on how it feels to step out into the sky.“I got handcuffed and thrown in the back of a truck,...
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Helen’s story of abuse in The Archers reminds me of my own – so I’m willing...
It's hard to listen to Rob Titchener controlling Helen on The Archers. But a new real-life piece of legislation will hopefully make a difference for women like her – and me. Question: at what point...
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What happened at the Iowa caucuses, and how do they work?
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are virtually tied, while Ted Cruz has come out ahead of Donald Trump. But what is the significance of the Iowa polling, and how does it work? Every four years, at...
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Where do our modern borders come from?
As the government continues to debate immigration policy, we can learn something by returning to the historical roots of our current thinking. The idea that underpins the upkeep of borders – that...
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The future of work - and why Labour would be wrong to ignore it
If Labour wants to continue its historic success as the party of workers, it must acknowledge that work has changed, says John Lloyd. Work – and the lack of it – is one of the most explosive devices...
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Talking points
On 13 February the Gib Talks event, based on the TEDx speaking style, takes place in Gibraltar. Tim Luscombe, President of the ProFessional Speaking Association UK and Ireland, considers what goes...
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Has David Cameron got a deal he can sell?
The Prime Minister's package of renegotiated measures are a little better than Harold Wilson's - but on immigration, he's got nothing. Boris Johnson once joked that as Brussels correspondent at the...
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No, Bernie Sanders is not America’s Jeremy Corbyn
Bernie Sanders' policies and career bear little resemblance to the Labour leader's. So why are the Corbynites so keen to support him? Bernie Sanders is the more left-wing of the two remaining...
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The upsetting reality of modern day poverty
Dear Jamie Oliver – I suggest, before churning out the tripe you film, you come and spend a day in my world. This is a post about a subject very close to home. My home. It is about politicians who...
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This is London: to know the future of our cities, we must see immigration...
This Is London: Life and Death in the World City by Ben Judah should be mandatory reading for every MP. Immigration: it should be so hard to talk about, and yet it is so very easy. Raise the subject,...
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Don't worry - David Cameron's EU deal is one the left can support
David Cameron's deal leaves the Europe we hold dear intact. The centre-left and left of British politics has been pretty united on the Europe Union over the last few decades. That is because the...
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Ignore David Cameron' deal. Labour must make its own case for Europe
The Prime Minister is preoccupied with his own party. Let's keep focussing on the real issues. There is still a lot of politics to come in the run-up to what is now almost certain to be a June...
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The lights are going out for solar energy
Short-sighted government policy is killing a great British industry, says Lynne Featherstone. Today is a significant day, the Tories are taking another bite out of our renewable energy industry. The...
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Forget Donald Trump. He won't win, and the others are almost as bad
Whatever happens, the Republican candidate for President will be the most right-wing in 50 years.“So this is the moment they said would never happen.” The fact that Marco Rubio used virtually the same...
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The Thatcher Problem
From Margaret Thatcher to Hillary Clinton, we forget that women do not deserve to exercise power only on the condition that we would do it “better” than men and promote the feminist cause. Let’s call...
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Why do we like the foods we like – and can we change our taste?
Bee Wilson's First Bite takes us back to childhood to explore how we form our feelings about food. If you’re reading this review to avoid washing up the juicer mouldering in the sink after its...
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Enough talk about a "high-wage, low-welfare economy". Here's how you get one
Cities are the key. The era of the “long-term economic plan” is over. Since its victory in last May’s general election, the government has largely replaced its former mantra with a new economic...
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Earl Brutus: the greatest British band of the 1990s?
Less Britpop, more B&Q and the “Barratt class” – Earl Brutus provided a thrillingly chaotic chronicle of Britain in the Nineties. In 1993, five friends were in a West London pub struggling to...
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“Little egg-shaped treasures”: Why teens online are obsessed with a lip balm...
EOS lip balms have conquered the internet, thanks to their smooth spherical shape and the passion and imagination of teenagers. The video opens on a vista of multicoloured orbs. The little plastic...
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The Out campaign’s problem is that it can’t agree on what life after Brexit...
Without a unified position on a post-EU future, Cameron's opponents will struggle to convince the public. An EU referendum that David Cameron never wanted to hold is now likely just five months away....
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