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Pegida UK: the new face of Britain’s far-right movement, and how to challenge it
“Let them drink tea,” Birmingham tells Islamophobes.“Spooky,” is how Pegida UK – the latest branch of a global, anti-Islam, protest group – chooses to describe its silent march on the outskirts of...
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Larry is Real: how One Direction fanfiction is inspiring the London art scene
“These fictions are an opportunity to create – for pure expression in their field.” Where does the boundary lie between fanfiction and art? It’s a question that has become more and more prominent as...
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The real Cornwall: a county poorer than Lithuania and Hungary
Food banks, domestic abuse and poverty in David Cameron's favourite holiday destination. At 10am Redruth is a quiet place, its narrow streets bereft of life. The food bank is different. Dave, a...
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In bringing justice in the past, don't forget the victims of the present
The invasive nature of these court cases can stop young people from reporting horrific abuse, or providing evidence. It takes tremendous courage for vulnerable young people to disclose allegations of...
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The monochrome set
In Pieter Bruegel’s hands, even black and white paintings can be full of colour. Grisailles – monochrome images usually painted in shades of grey and white – have a long tradition. Early examples...
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Another trade minister walks away from David Cameron's failed project
Francis Maude is lucky enough to be able to walk away from this Government and their failing policies – if only the rest of us could do so. After just nine months in the role Francis Maude has...
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How will Labour handle the Trident vote?
Shadow cabinet ministers have been promised a free vote and dismiss suggestions that the party should abstain. At some point this year MPs will vote on whether Trident should be renewed. It is...
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The campaign to keep Britain in Europe must be based on hope, not fear
Together we can show the world a generous, outward-facing Britain we can all be proud of. Today the Liberal Democrats launched our national campaign to keep Britain in Europe. With the polls showing...
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The future of the left: The path ahead is full of challenges
Be in no doubt: the left faces a struggle for survival. There are plenty of grounds for pessimism about the left’s prospects and they are well rehearsed. Across Europe, social democrats are out of...
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Commons Confidential: Sleepy Zac is too laid-back
Lucy Allan's "threat", Clean for the Queen and the case of the invisible frontbencher.After six years as a minister for Europe, David Lidington’s profile remains low. But the invisible frontbencher...
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How can growth reduce inequality?
This year’s prize-winning essay from the Webb Memorial Trust. Richard A Easterlin concludes Growth Triumphant, his 1996 defence of the unbridled free market, with a utopian vision of “never-ending...
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In the chaos of the Middle East, the world must stand behind the Kurds
The Kurdish people have shown themselves to be a small beacon of light in a sea of darkness. It is one year since the lifting of the Siege of Kobanî. Many of us can recall harrowing images of the black...
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The politics of the kiss
From the classical period via the Kremlin to the Clintons: a brief history of political smooching. Iowa and New Hampshire are behind us. Super Tuesday beckons. For fans of the competitive sport of...
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Leader: Europe and the long shadow of war
Amid the rancour, it is easy to forget what drove European integration in the first place: the two great wars in the first half of the 20th century. Amid all the claims and counterclaims about David...
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On Tinder pictures, and why we’re all using historical artefacts to get laid
Or: why do so many people think a “smiling next to art about genocide” picture is a good idea? The sexual frustration in the Natural History Museum this evening is palpable. I’m at one of the “lates”...
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Mass surveillance doesn’t work – it’s time to go back to the drawing board
Lacking an answer to the problem of radicalisation, the government has confused tactics with strategy. This week saw the release of not one but two parliamentary reports on the government’s proposed...
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The Liverpool protest was about finding a place for local support in a global...
Fans of other clubs should learn from Anfield's collective action. One of the oldest songs associated with Liverpool Football Club is Poor Scouser Tommy, a characteristically emotional tale about a...
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The difficulty of staging Ibsen in a post-Yewtree world
The Master Builder at The Old Vic is even stranger than the original - especially when it tries to negotiate modern sensibilities. Sometimes a cigar, warns a joke dubiously attributed to Sigmund Freud,...
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PewDiePie kicks off YouTube's first premium web series
Scare PewDiePie is the first series on YouTube Red, Google's attempt to generate revenue for original web programming. It's finally here. Felix Kjellberg, known by his digital moniker PewDiePie, has...
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Gravitational waves found: how we proved the final part of Einstein's theory...
Our first direct glimpse of the dark universe – and the first direct evidence that black holes exist. One hundred years ago Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity predicted the existence...
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