A popular Brexit narrative is that those left out of rising prosperity lashed out at the establishment because they could take no more punishment. They had suffered years of recession and austerity exacerbated by a Dutch auction – in which…
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The play, Piece of Silk, is a powerful study of the experiences of women survivors of domestic abuse – an experience that knows no ethnic, national or class boundaries. This review by Marion Bowman was first posted on 50:50, on Open…
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The UK government says ‘Student Choice’ is a top policy objective. But are there real choices for those who believe in “education for education’s sake”? This post by Barbara Gunnell first appeared on the 50:50 strand of Open Democracy In the first few months…
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Just as the world was recovering from the shock of the untimely death of Prince, Beyoncé released Lemonade, her sixth studio album and her second “visual album”. Unlike its predecessor, which featured individual music videos for each track, a single…
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The Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy summer school, has just issued its last call for applications. It will be held in Galway, Ireland 16-25 June and offers a unique opportunity to filmmakers, human rights academics and activists from around the world to…
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The reporting of the Panama Papers – which has been based on a massive global analysis of documents leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca outlining how the world’s elite use tax havens – is a remarkable feat of collaboration which…
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has earned an eye-popping pay rise. He was awarded US$199m in shares, according to a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. It makes him the highest-paid chief executive in the US and though…
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Here’s a new year treat! An animation by Daniel Rowe entirely made up of rectangles. Since this is not an audio podcast – you will need to go to the site to see it – but it is definitely worth it! Daniels…
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Are you an early career researcher based in a UK Research organisation? If so, why not apply to the 2016 New Generation Thinkers Scheme (NGT) run by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and BBC Radio 3. New ideas, new voices,…
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The west vs ISIS: a new stage A UN resolution will intensify the war against ISIS. Such an outcome carries three grave risks, says Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University in this post which first appeared on Open…
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