A documentary-maker explores the experience of male older prisoners.
For those interested in the constitutional future of the United Kingdom, the Hopes and Fears State of the Nation 2012 report by British Future provides interesting reading.
The authorities are acting swiftly to outlaw protests of the kind seen outside St Paul's. Speak out now against this - because every piece of legislation that inhibits the right to peaceful protest is a blow to our democracy.
Two of Britain's leading campaigners for democracy discuss the changing nature of the UK's democratic crisis.
Maternal mortality among black African women in the UK is up to seven times higher than it is among white women. Doctors’ surgeries are misunderstanding their obligations to migrant patients, says Dr Ramya Ramaswami
Today marks one decade of the illegal prison camp. A personal tragedy for those who remain and a global outrage. Obama's broken promise to close it and British politicians' failure to bring home Shaker Aamer must not pave the way for normalisation.
Scotland's independence referendum will be held in Autumn 2014. Whatever the people decide, Scotland and the UK will never be the same again.
It's time for the UK to take responsibility for her long term future. This means changing the constitution to inscribe long term interests into decision making. But how?
Since Stephen Lawrence died in London in 1993, the Institute of Race Relations has recorded 96 racist murders in Britain.
Times of economic crisis call into question our systems of democracy. Today's global occupy movement is a call to reclaim the economy as a site of decision. To do so, we will need to rethink ourselves as political subjects.
It's true that high pay for bosses serves no purpose except keeping them (and their headquarters) in the country. The only real solution is economic policy coordination. In its absence, Machiavelli would have been proud of the proposals and statements on display this new year in the UK
Scottish identity, 'dual identity' or British identity: Scotland is being pulled three ways. Soon, the question will be put to the people. What are the politics of winning an independence vote?
