Just as in May 2015, culture was at the heart of an incoming government in 1997. That year, real political change after eighteen years of Conservative rule was reflected in the spirit of ‘cool Britannia’, a prevailing sense that what...
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Politics has changed dramatically over the last five years. The coalition, the collapse of the LibDems, the rise of UKIP, the Greens and the SNP; all of this, plus voter anger towards the traditional parties has created a challenging environment...
Politics is fragmenting and it seems another inconclusive election is before us. The established Westminster parties have failed to find an answer to public disenchantment, as people say ‘you’re all the same’. But this year the choice between a Labour...
Mooncups, tampons and sanitary pads have been taxed for almost half a century on “luxury, non-essential” grounds. Just because a male dominated parliament in 1973 confused what was essential for millions of people within the UK, with what was immediately...
This week the Guardian reported that Camden School for Girls might be forced to drop the study of ancient Greek in sixth form, and potentially begin charging parents for their children to take the subject as a GCSE “enrichment activity”,...
With a few short weeks until the general election, Labour still lacks a unifying narrative that could give impetus and direction to what is otherwise a collection of important but disparate social and economic reforms. And less than one year...