The leading religious authority of the Church of England has disappointed many of the hopes invested in him. Rowan Williams has indeed failed to address the challenges facing the Church and the Anglican Communion, not least its historic entanglement with state power. This is the project that his s
On the union-led 'March For The Alternative' in London last March, 145 protestors were arrested for peacefully occupying a luxury store. Here, one of the ten found guilty speaks out on his trial.
Damien Hirst's most revolting spectacle will go on display in an exhibition of Blairism that should be an occasion for national shame - instead it will compete for gawping crowds with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. If you are from the UK, go and see it dressed in black.
Following a drug policy conference held in the House of Lords last week, prominent figures, including the former head of MI5, called on the UK Government to consider legalising drugs. Current policy creates misery and criminalises individuals and communities. Mat Southwell calls for a return to th
Persistent undermining of medical evidence that children are being harmed. Officials misleading ministers over a case of child sex abuse. Clare Sambrook’s evidence to the House of Lords suggests our democracy is in serious trouble.
Nick Clegg’s rise and fall as a celebrity politician highlights the Deputy Prime Minister as a victim of the increasing personification of British politics.
Dave Hartnett has struck deals with multinational corporations that have cost Britain billions in lost tax. In this video, direct action group UK Uncut pay him a surprise visit.
One of the defendants arrested at Fortnum & Mason this spring, while protesting against public sector cuts, gives his account of the subsequent trial that has just seen ten convicted and sentenced for a peaceful protest.
This is the statement from the UKUncut defendants outside of court today after being found guilty of "aggravated trespass" for a peaceful sit in of Fortnum and Mason
Despite cross-party consensus that democracy must no longer be a stranger to the second chamber, a few naysayers are still arguing against real reform of 'the mother of all parliaments'. The Select Committee must, finally, get the job done.
A peculiarly British paralysis is the inheritance of a Burkean experience of time - we incur debts now in return for the promise of an ever-receding future. Yet a sense of immediacy is returning as part of a 'post-British' era.
A review of UNPROVOKED, a new play about girl-on-girl knife crime in London.
