The UK is moving closer to what some call national suicide. Companies are leaving. Medicine and food are being stockpiled. Wealthy Leavers are purchasing EU citizenship. It is easy to forget how ludicrous this situation has been from the start. What has Brexit actually cost Britain? This drawn explainer adds up the bill line by…
The British Army still uses child soldiers in terrible wartime positions. Veterans for Peace UK points this out in a video that deserves a couple of minutes of your time. Enter Action Man: Battlefield Casualties. As an organisation of ex-service men and women hardened in battles as far back as WWII, Veterans for Peace does…
Gender inequality is not always at the top of the political agenda for world leaders or mainstream media. This is a failure. The last year saw the release of several high quality feminist, LGBT and trans-aware books. These five titles are essential reading. Buy them and share them with others. Gender Failure by Ivan E….
Part one of our round-up of women in politics highlighted that sixty-one years after the UN Convention on the Political Rights of Women came into effect, only 21.9% of national parliamentarians worldwide are female. This is an improvement on the recent past but remains less than half of what is required. Some countries perform better…
A roll-call of the political elite in the past fifty years is a depressing document for anyone with a passing interest in gender equality. It has been sixty-one years since the UN Convention on the Political Rights of Women came into effect. This was the first international legislation protecting the equal status of women to…
There’s a fair chance you quoted 1984 this week without noticing. Someone calls a policy Orwellian. A colleague mutters about Big Brother when another camera goes up in the car park. A minister is accused of doublethink and nobody stops to ask what the word means, because everybody already knows. Orwell’s last novel has done…
One of the most iconic and prolific song writers of the 20th century, John Lennon had plenty to say about the state of the world. Here are ten of his insights that will make you think a little differently about life, love and the universe.
Genius is rarely ordinary. Scientists suggest that the ability of high achievers to focus intensely often results in unusual behavioural side effects. These quirks explain the unexpected habits of beloved cultural icons. Audrey Hepburn is a primary example of this phenomenon. A numbers game Football fans understand the importance of specific digits. Hepburn considered 55…