In April, the BBC Storyville documentary, Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Words, was broadcast. Since reality television celebrity Jade Goody’s very public dying a decade earlier, James is the latest…

What is the role of political imagination for social change? Where and how is political imagination practiced today? How are political alternatives imagined, performed and lived out in different contexts…

Robert Frost’s poem is particularly apposite to the issue of class discrimination. Those of us from a rich and diverse range of working class heritages, and who are academics and…

Described by the UN secretary-general António Guterres as a ‘final warning’, the recently published synthesis report from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is only the latest clarion call…

Part 3 of 3: A carers time is grossly undervalued Expanding on my observations of my grandmother as a carer for my aunt (for deeper context please see articles one…

How caring contradicts with individual narratives under capitalism – Part 2 of 3 As mentioned in my previous article, care is fundamental to survival but often a rare luxury when…

How caring is seen as an ethical duty – Part 1 of 3 Trigger warning: This article contains content that some readers may find upsetting. “No person, and no society…

Social scientists are on the whole pretty good at being sceptical of finding answers in human nature. When a social scientist is confidently informed that childcare is best left to…

2022 was a relatively eventful year for abortion rights, both in the UK and beyond. In the United States, a long-brewing challenge to safe abortion provision finally became concrete, with…