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What does Hilary Clinton's presidential campaign tell us about gender...
If inequality is about disparities in wealth and income, what is gender equality about? Writing in the Guardian last week, Dan Roberts and Lauren Gambino argued that Bernie Sanders’ “decisive win”...
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I’m at the age you could call “peak woe” – but there’s plenty of reasons to...
The Office of National Statistics says 50 to 54 year olds are the most miserable people in the country. But they've not seen the new Wonderpass. I’m looking at a report from the Office for National...
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Why football is moving east
Gazza’s time in China was a harbinger of big changes. In late 2002, Paul Gascoigne made the curious decision to try to extend his football career in China. During his brief stay, he ate “a lot of bat”...
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Jeb Bush forgot to renew his website, so now it redirects you to Donald Trump's
Donald J Trump dot com. George W Bush joins his brother Jeb on the campaign trail this week, reminding us all of the family's power and political history. But one thing the Bushes can't do, it seems,...
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A case of symbiosis
Gibraltar and Israel have been working together for a while, explain James Lasry and James Levy. Gibraltar and Israel have, over many years, pooled their strengths to foster ways in which the two...
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Could age checks really keep kids away from online porn?
Regulating the internet seems a fool’s errand – but if it worked for online gambling, it could work for porn. Porn sites will soon need to check for proof of age before letting internet users view...
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The North has some of the best museums in Britain. Why are we letting them...
Culturally, the North-South divide is getting worse as the Conservative government’s cuts take their toll on museums outside London. The North-South divide is real. It exists, more tangible than the...
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How to make enough money to save £800 a month if you're a millennial
Popup ads, Kickstarter campaigns, marry a Kardashian, stamp on testicles for cash. I’m not coping too badly with the news that I’m going to have to give up my £800-a-month Monster Munch and compact...
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Running the asylum: can the GOP establishment retake control?
Even Marco Rubio, the grandees' last, best hope, is running out of road. For political scientists and electoral strategists, it all seemed to be finally coming into focus. Like some Magic Eye poster...
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David Cameron pays the price for his neglect of Eastern Europe
For many years, the Prime Minister has given the impression he regards Eastern Europe as a place to be talked about, not to. David Cameron's renegotiation has hit a bump after the Visegrád group of...
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For both the big US parties, 2016 is a horror show, and it’s only just begun
On the left and the right, the US political elite are drifting away from their core supporters. A gloriously revealing moment on the campaign trail in 2008: I go to watch the Republican candidate John...
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David Cameron's renegotiation is a sideshow - now let's get on with the real...
The real battle is to keep Britain - and Wales - in Europe, says First Minister Carwyn Jones. The Tory psychodrama on Europe is about to end, and it is time for the rest of us to set out the real...
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The US government still wants access to iPhones – and Apple still says no
Apple's CEO Tim Cook says that by allowing the government to hack into a phone, he would essentially be building a "backdoor" for future invasions of customer privacy. The US government really,...
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The Labour party keeps spamming my alter ego Adolf Elledge
Well, they need all the votes they can get. Just over a year ago now, the Labour party (remember them?) released an online tool which promised to tell you how many people on the electoral register...
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Ken Livingstone on the party’s plan to stop MPs choosing who stands for...
The former London mayor discusses the NEC’s push to secure future leftwing leaders, why he hopes “obnoxious” Osborne will be next Tory leader, and life as a house husband. With the rise of Jeremy...
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The latest "lost classics" offer two divergent portraits of 1930s Berlin
After the success of recent re-releases, publishing PR is increasingly searching for the next classic book - could one of these books be it? The currency of the word “classic” in publishing PR is...
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U is for . . . understanding
Cyber security comes with a language all of its own, often opaque and replete with acronyms. With some expert help, we unravel the code, from advanced persistent threat to zero days. A is for advanced...
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"Total security is a futile concept”
Where does the biggest threat lie? And what steps should organisations, large and small, take to mitigate risk? We ask four cyber specialists. 1.How would you convince UK plc to take cyber security...
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How to become a 21st-century cyber superpower
Companies must manage their own risks. Digital security can’t be an issue for the IT department alone: it’s an issue for the boardroom, too. When Tim Berners-Lee created the worldwide web 25 years...
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Why you shouldn’t worry (too much) about the sugar in your favourite coffee
Scare stories condemning coffee shops are missing the wider context: an Innocent smoothie has more sugar per millilitre than a Starbucks white chocolate mocha. A story from campaign group Action on...
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