Pat Murphy, filmmaker – my influences
Irish feminist filmmaker Pat Murphy talks about the people, ideas, events and contexts that have influenced her work, including Brecht, the Troubles and the long shadow of James Joyce.
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Hip hop: The global voice of revolution?
Sujatha Fernandes discusses the power of hip hop in political movements around the world.
MoreNawal el Saadawi – writer, activist
The death of writer and activist Nawal el Saadawi has just been announced. In 2015 I interviewed her at a conference organised by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Right Organisation for Pod Academy. Typically, and at 84 years old, she had stopped off at the Occupy encampment around St Paul’s Cathedral on her way from the airport, before coming on to the conference.
MoreSound-bites, u-turns and populism
Are career politicians responsible for the disengagement of the electorate?
MoreOceans and climate change
If all the salt in the ocean could be removed and spread evenly over the Earth’s land surface it would form a layer more than 166 metres thick – about the height of a 40-storey building. Adam Smith discovers why the salt of the Earth is so important.
MoreDickens on France
Charles Dickens was a francophile who had a little known passion for the French language, life and culture. A Tale of Two Cities, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, is only part of the story. Much of his journalism was also about France.
MoreThe state and future of the pub
IPPR researcher Rick Muir, author of the report, Pubs and Places: The Social Value of Community Pubs, talks to Claire Cain about the dramatic decline of pubs, their role in society and the actions we can take to hold on to a British institution.
MoreSearching for new planets
NASA’s Kepler mission made some remarkable discoveries – Kepler-16b, 200 light years away and Kepler 22-b, a planet that may have the perfect conditions for life.
MoreWhat does it mean to be British?
A new UK think tank, British Future, has been set up to look into identity, integration, migration and opportunity in modern Britain. Their new research report, Hopes and Fears, looks at what it means to be British in 2012.
MoreThe Earth is not so solid – earthquakes, volcanoes and climate change
Earthquakes and volcanoes capture our imaginations for the power they wield. But most of us are unaware that they are also connected to climate change…
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