In the same week that the terms of the referendum on Scottish independence were agreed, a debate on Scotland was held at Eton College. So what do the posh boys think?
The latest G4S twist on asylum housing markets – a hostel for asylum seeker mothers and babies in the North East of England.
In his fiction, Irvine Welsh asks how we can sustain a sense of community in a culture where pursuit of self-interest is proclaimed as the dominant virtue. Skagboys, the new prequel to Trainspotting, takes issue with the spiritual legacy of Thatcherism
HM Inspectorate of Prisons report finds that G4S security staff at a UK Border Agency detention facility “deserve great credit”, despite unacceptable use of force on pregnant detainee.
This week Vron Ware's new book, Military Migrants (Palgrave Macmillan) is published, documenting the untold story of the British Army's recruitment of Commonwealth citizens from 1998 to the present. Why did this happen and what do military recruitment policies have to do with nationhood, politics
Critics of the world's biggest security company are banding together. A report from the Stop G4S Convergence campaign.
The Uneconomics series challenged the power of economists, inviting diverse perspectives from disciplines whose work on the economy has been increasingly recognised post-crash. This reflection by the editor ends the nine month series.
Chris Grayling may find the solutions to his problems lie in penal reform.
The Conservatives pledged to make British society more ‘family friendly’ on coming to power. Are they succeeding?
British identity is open and dynamic; those of the nations narrow and bigoted. So goes the 'One Nation' narrative, a logic of dominance and hypocrisy.
The great reach of the historian Eric Hobsbawm found its limit at the borders of multinational Britain, says Christopher Harvie.
