One in ten adults in Britain is in a relationship but not living with their partner. They have no official status and are most often counted as single in government statistics. Listen here to the launch of a groundbreaking research report on people living apart together
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To celebrate National Walking Month (May 2013), Pod Academy finds out about nightwalking in London from Medieval times to the Romantics.
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Does it really rob children of their innocence to introduce them to the idea that some people fall in love with members of the same sex? Might it even be important to do so?
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Today’s hyper-connected world faces big challenges e.g. pandemics, climate change, cyber-crime, financial crises. Can the UN and other international institutions provide adequate global governance?
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Asylum seekers – the role of the media in moulding public opinion.
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Why did the Malian Army stage a coup? Why did the French send in troops? Françafrique? Get the backstory.
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It is 10 years since the invasion of Iraq. Was the war worth it? A panel of speakers including Clare Short, Owen Jones, David Aaronovich and Haifa Zangana debate the issues at Goldsmith’s University of London.
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Free societies are robust, argumentative, noisy. The citizens in them have a right to criticise, satirise and mock. They also have the right to be offended.
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With over 1 million young people out of work in the UK, there is growing evidence that a period of youth unemployment scars people for life, both emotionally and financially, and costs £5bn in welfare payments and £10bn in lost economic output. What can be done?
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As the gap between rich and poor widens, epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, author of The Spirit Level, explains that more unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them and suggests steps that need to be taken for the good of all of us.
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