Real voices

Malcolm Payne, author of 'Why Social Work is Important', shows how social work stitches up the social fabric of people’s personal, family and community lives and gives them the solidarity to live as human beings.…Read more

Merete Monrad explores how AI shapes emotional expression and imposes norms in digital interactions, highlighting the political implications of these technologies.…Read more

Leigh Turner, author of 'Lessons in Diplomacy' and former British Ambassador to Ukraine, debunks a few of Putin’s claims in turn. …Read more

Sally Vivyan looks at a tiny charity working with refugees and asylum seekers, and how its ethos could teach us all some big lessons about how to navigate our societal challenges.…Read more

Paul Lindley and Anne Longfield explain why they’ve launched the Raising the Nation Play Commission, which is urgently needed after a decade’s absence of a vision for optimising children’s opportunities to play.…Read more

In light of the first report by the Covid Inquiry UK, the editors of 'When this is Over' call for the recommendations made in their book to be listened to, in the hope that a more equal society will emerge from the COVID-19 ashes.…Read more

On Transforming Society, Jason Wood, author of 'The Kindness Fix', defends his cautious optimism following the UK Election 2024.…Read more

Uta Bolt looks at essays written by 11-year-old girls in 1969 to see if their predictions for life at 25 affected their earning outcomes.…Read more

Becky Tipper and Leah Gilman, authors of 'Fiction and Research', consider the power of storytelling in the context of the Post Office scandal. Why did it take a TV drama to raise consciousness and prompt policy change?…Read more

Bristol University Press celebrates Independent Bookshop Week by profiling three Bristol bookshops we love: Heron Books, Max Minerva's and Bookhaus.…Read more