As anyone who has been gripped by the Netflix series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story will attest, in certain cases power and influence is all you need to get a "not guilty" verdict. The trial was a case of hard evidence on the side of the State versus a ...
Warning: this is what it looks like when irony dies. And it's not pretty. Outlining the reasons the SNP are calling for another Scottish independence referendum now that Scotland faces the threat of being dragged out of the European single market as well as out of the EU, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon explained: "Our ...
Of all the smug upper class perks one is afforded in London I bet few compare to the thrill of looking over a copy of the Financial Times to see the nose of a regular commuter smudged up against the partition door. Home to one of the most congested transport systems ...
By Dr Nigel Mellor Discussing consciousness is entering a dangerous swamp with lots of traps, dead ends and scary monsters. Scientists can’t even agree on a definition. The whole shebang can also get very mystical. So let’s lighten up. We’ll start with a few things we can agree on, even ...
Already under fire for having abandoned pledges to bring unaccompanied child refugees to safety in the UK, the UK government this week pulled the rug out from under the feet of tens of thousands of refugees beginning to make new lives for themselves and their families in the UK, leaving ...
This week Barack Obama's former press secretary perfectly summed up President Trumps's simple strategy of how to detract from the sewer-slide of scandals seeping out of the White House on a daily basis. "The bigger the scandal, the more outrageous the tweet" said Josh Earnest, referring to Trump's claims that he ...
By Martina Kane, Senior Policy Officer at Alzheimer’s Society We all know that a sticking plaster doesn’t heal a wound. This is why the announcement today of a Green Paper, to sort out long-term funding of social care, could be a much needed ray of hope in what has been a ...
By Tara Carey, Equality Now Be Bold for Change. That is today’s International Women’s Day theme, and around the world we’re seeing it in action as increasing numbers of people are calling on governments to bring an end to discrimination against women and girls once and for all. Human rights ...
By Linda Marric Seventy years after India’s partition, Gurinder Chadha delivers one of the most comprehensive looks at what went on during those tumultuous times. Her latest feature film Viceroy’s House is an ambitious undertaking which charters the last days of the British Raj and pays tribute to the millions ...