Parthasarathi Shome, author of 'The Creation of Poverty and Inequality in India', ponders the limitations of social science’s attempts to understand why poverty persists despite global and individual country attempts to eradicate it and alleviate inequality. …Read more
The authors of ‘The NHS at 75’ discuss how much we should be celebrating this anniversary year as the crisis that has characterised much of its history becomes a permacrisis.…Read more
Robin Sen and Christian Kerr speak to Jess Miles about the recent 'once in a generation' MacAlister Review of Childrens Social Care in England.…Read more
Andy Yuille, author of 'Beyond Neighbourhood Planning', discusses participatory democracy and asks how can it better engage with the things that matter to people in the ways that they matter.…Read more
Steve Cooke, author of 'What are Animal Rights For?', berates the government for capitulating to lobby groups and reneging on its promise to get its Kept Animals Bill through parliament.…Read more
Andy Alaszewski, author of 'Managing Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic', considers the multiple reasons for the conspiracy theories that flourished in parallel with the scientific response to COVID-19.…Read more
In this policy briefing, Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell, authors of 'Uncomfortably Off', explain why it is in the top 10% of earners' best interest to pay attention to inequality.…Read more
The authors of '50 Dark Destinations' discuss OceanGate's attempted trip to the wreckage of the Titanic and draw attention to both the dangers of luxury tourism and its ethical implications.…Read more
Federica Rossi and Chris Magill speak to Jess Miles about what state harms are, how they are justified, opportunities for resistance and whether academic research itself should be political.…Read more
John Clarke, author of The Battle for Britain, looks back to the authoritarian populism of Thatcherism to locate the origins of the ever-extending coercive reach of the state and argues that we desperately need a new way of thinking. …Read more