Unreliable reporting stigmatizes people who are unwell and distorts public understanding of mental illness.
The Parthenon Marbles (or 'Elgin Marbles') were sculpted in Greece in 447–438 BC, and stolen from there by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century. They are kept in the British Museum. This is a speech recently given by Henry Porter, at an event calling for their return.
Just as the wandering elites of Damascus, Cairo or Tripoli seek salvation in London, the peripatetic poor and needy of the very same countries are drowning to the distant putting sound of an indifferent life-boat.
Plans to privatise student the student loan book threaten to become a de facto retrospective fee hike. Recent graduates are already chained by debt; we must fight these dangerous plans.
The good news is that there is a growing network of campaigners and academics who are not just focused on preventing more wars but also on understanding the longer term effects of war on the way we live.
The same press attacking the Guardian for 'treason' are still raging against the press reform charter for encroaching on "press freedom". The hypocrisy aside, the British press should accept the will of parliament, the public and the press' victims.
Avoiding youth radicalization begs for deeper thinking about the way in which the west conceives of itself with regard to the rest of the world and how it maintains and projects this image.
The recent debate over military action in Syria – and the upcoming Commons Defence Committee’s Inquiry on UK intervention strategy - shows how data and information in conflict is changing the imperatives of decision-making.
An extended extract from Marcus Chown's new book, What A Wonderful World, on capitalism, its history, its myths, and why change is needed to correct our 'disembedded' economy.
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1973 oil shock. Its consequences are still echoing across the world today.
The UK justice minister gave evidence to the Justice Select Committee today. Members of Parliament yet again attacked the government's assault on Legal Aid, something that has allowed access to justice, regardless of wealth, since 1949.
