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Boris Johnson and fake Brexit nationalism

One half of Boris Johnson Is Boris Johnson encouraging simplistic notions of national identity in an attempt to further his political career?… Read more

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Danny Dorling on the housing crisis: “it can’t be left to market forces”

The Shard, London. On NovaraFM, James Butler, Dawn Foster and Danny Dorling discussed the housing crisis in contemporary Britain. Professor Danny Dorling, talking about the empty blocks of flats...

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Ken Burns interviewed about Vietnam War documentary series. Watch clips

From the documentary series, The Vietnam War Directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick talk about their PBS documentary series, The Vietnam War.… Read more

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Competition as a distraction

“Let ’em argue” Why are some British politicians so keen on injecting “competition” into the the lives of working people? Andy Beckett: “In the early years of the 21st century, the inevitability of an...

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150 people run the world and politicians are puppets says Chamath Palihapitiya

Chamath Palihapitiya Near-billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya spoke with unusual frankness to, in his words, the “leaders of the future” at Stanford Graduate School of Business in November 2017.… Read more

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Jeremy Clarkson buys an electric car: an optimistic vision of the UK’s EV future

A slide about the adoption of electric vehicles – from Pod Point A nation’s stories play a large part in its future. Established ideas become conventional wisdom in social institutions.… Read more

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James Joyce in summary: escape is a key theme in his work

Image of James Joyce (detail) – Louis Le Brocquy Throughout his life James Joyce attempted to escape – from war, religion, convention, narrative structure, language… “When the soul of a man is born in...

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Ann Pettifor on Carillion: ‘a grand Ponzi scheme’

There is no alternative (TINA) a slogan used by Margaret Thatcher to signify that the market economy is the only system that works.… Read more

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Brexit explained in three tweets

Three recent tweets encapsulate the misinformation, corruption and mess of Brexit Britain. They’re a window into a peculiar time. The UK government’s Department for International Trade (DIT) “helps...

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Brexit, empire and cultural dementia. David Andress demolishes lazy nationalism

A leave voter at the Save Brexit Rally wants Brexit to “get back to being a British Empire”. Are his views a product of ‘cultural dementia’?… Read more

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