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What’s the emotional toll of COVID-19? In this new episode of the Transforming Society podcast, the fantastic Lucy Easthope and Kandida Purnell, two of the co-editors of 'When This Is Over', talk about the pandemic and its long lasting impact.…Read more

Ӧzlem Altıok explains how gender politics is intrinsic to the most critical election in Turkey’s history. …Read more

In this, the second of three short conversations, Tim expands on the idea that cybersecurity is primarily about and for people, and responds to the question of whether, given the power of Big Tech, individual users’ interest can ever truly be paramount.…Read more

Authors of the International Journal of Care and Caring article ‘What happens when care homes close?’ explain the importance of their research at a time when care homes are facing tough economic challenges. …Read more

Richard Riddell, author of 'Schooling in a Democracy', calls for an urgent change in the role of Ofsted and a curtailment of its influence.…Read more

In the second of three short conversations with Rhodri Davies, author of 'What Is Philanthropy For?', George Miller asks Rhodri about the difference between philanthropy and charity.…Read more

Rachel Vipond, author of 'A Guide to Prisons and Penal Policy', shares the findings of a report on the ongoing COVID-19 measures in prisons, which offer like scope for rehabilitation.…Read more

Jenny Huberman examines the crisis that ran parallel to the health one during COVID-19 – that of boredom. …Read more

In this episode, Chris Cunneen talks about the broad need to defund the police.…Read more

In this episode, George Miller speaks to Jack McDonald about why he chose to focus on war’s twenty-first century character rather than its ancient origins, and what it was like writing the book as the events of the Russo-Ukrainian war unfolded in real time.…Read more