Why did the riots that swept through urban England last week stop at the Welsh border? And how has the Welsh reaction differed to that of the English?
We only had to look at our English urban spaces to predict that riots would someday sweep across our nation. Our cities have parallel areas, suitable for both the privileged and the underclass, occupying the exact same space: collapse was inevitable
If you’ve sought asylum in a distant country, who are the last people you’d want to meet? Representatives of the government that persecuted you. Yet this is exactly what happened to Sudanese refugees, at the hands of the UK asylum system
A tiny minority of children in England took part in last week's rioting across some of the nation's major cities. Let's not let the riots further demonise our young people in the eyes of politicians and the general public
A local argument in the UK over hanging has taken to the new parliamentary petitions. Will the populists stand and be counted?
French and British cities are alone in Europe in experiencing recurrent urban outbreaks of disorder and mayhem. What can we tell from comparing the English riots to what happened in French cities and towns in 2005?
Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy's poem for Tariq Jahan. Tariq lost his son, Haroon, in a hit and run incident during riots in Birmingham, England on Wednesday.
English courts have been open round the clock sentencing rioters and looters with jail terms. But in doing this they may only be shifting the problem of disorder from the streets to prisons.
When a young man from south London came face to face with looters on his way home from work, it was a shock. Here, he tells his story.
The UK will be sidelined in Europe as the euro-crisis leads the Euro group to form the faster core of a two-speed Europe. Both Europe and Britain will be worse off for it
We are intoxicated with imprisonment in England and Wales. A much better alternative is to use community programmes that have a better record of reducing crime.
