Chuka Umunna
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Mehdi Hasan
: Woolwich Attack: Demonising Muslims Won't Help
Jamie Bartlett
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Martin Newman
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B.J. Epstein
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There are lessons to be learned from the Suzanne-Moore/Julie-Burchill-vs.-transgender-people debacle. The invisibility of trans communities is real. So are unthinking insults. But by treating the latter as intentional, we do nothing to inform and educate about the first. Continue reading...
If there's one message to take home from all the furore, it is that one should never underestimate the desire of the pious to dictate what other people do in their love lives. Continue reading...
The Spring/Summer 2013 installment was a whirlwind, with designer's transporting us from a Spring garden, to the Arabian nights, to the future of fashion by way of a healthy dose of good old fashioned Hollywood glamour. Take a look back at the highlights. Continue reading...
Despite the bleak outlook for the UK's defence capability, this is a significant opportunity for London's businesses to recruit talented officers and soldiers with invaluable skills. They have been proven in demanding battle situations and can bring a significant range of skills that are very relevant to today's uncertain and rapidly changing business environment. Continue reading...
Sainsbury's is the UK's third biggest supermarket chain and are primarily a food company - food accounts for over 70% of their sales. Yet they are keen to build over farmland at a time when people are increasingly concerned about how enough food will be produced for the growing populations of the future. Continue reading...
Since my husband moved to China, leaving me to rediscover life as a one-person household, I have developed a real fondness for the virtual version of my man. In fact, the guy I have begun to think of as 'Ed 2.0' has so many benefits that, when he reappears in solid form, I fear the original model may need an upgrade. Continue reading...
Last Wednesday I went on a date. I put on too much make up, then took most of it off. I tried on knee high boots before deciding they made me look like a low rent version of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. By the time I ran, breathless, for the tube I'd pretty much metamorphosed into Mary Whitehouse. Continue reading...
With up to one in three UK workers unable to make it to the office in last week's heavy snow, many must have had pause for reflection and asked themselves whether this is the only way to work. with the snow melting and a proportion of the country under the threat of flooding, the answer is staring us in the face. Continue reading...
Time is fast running out for British football clubs to do their business in the January transfer window with many desperate to find players who can transform their season. It's the time of year when managers are desperate to attract new talent, while others will go to great lengths to hang on to their star players. Continue reading...
Women are now involved in 80% of household purchasing decisions. And how many advertising directors are female? Only 3%. This might be the reason that so much of the ad industry's female-orientated output feels hopelessly out-of-date. Continue reading...
The market power of the largest players has increased - and not because they have provided better customer service or value-for-money products, but because of government subsidies and bailouts. The result is that it's now almost impossible for smaller providers to gain a foothold in the market. Continue reading...
Inspired by street style and his idol, Andy Warhol, Sauvé's irreverent, tongue-in-cheek designs poke affectionate fun at pop culture and the fashion hierarchy, most notably Anna Wintour and US Vogue. Continue reading...
England vs Scotland is the oldest rugby international. It oozes history, stories, experiences and emotion and that is why I love it. It is special, very very special. And the history between England and Scotland does play a huge part in that, a vital part in that. Continue reading...
Islamophobia has not only passed the dinner table test but it has permeated British society at every level. The media, politicians, security services, policymakers and other public institutions can all be held responsible for the rise in anti-Muslim sentiment over the past few years. Continue reading...
Being a parent is hard. In fact, let's just be honest about it, it's really hard sometimes. We often don't admit it, except to our closest friends and family, but it's probably the most challenging part of our lives. A recent survey by the NSPCC reported that in the first eight weeks after birth around three in five mothers felt isolated with no one to turn to, and two in five mothers even admitted to 'getting angry' with their baby. And this is before they've even started walking and talking! Continue reading...
The Spring/Summer 2013 installment was a whirlwind, with designer's transporting us from a Spring garden, to the Arabian nights, to the future of fashion by way of a healthy dose of good old fashioned Hollywood glamour. Take a look back at the highlights. Continue reading...
Inspired by street style and his idol, Andy Warhol, Sauvé's irreverent, tongue-in-cheek designs poke affectionate fun at pop culture and the fashion hierarchy, most notably Anna Wintour and US Vogue. Continue reading...
These findings clearly identify opportunities for travel departments to introduce new services and technologies that will deliver additional value to travellers. We're now at a tipping point of people booking their own corporate travel. Continue reading...
Where to start with this tangled skein of media spin, misrepresentation and outright hypocrisy? Continue reading...
Doing a piece about child sexual abuse is never easy. Asking people to talk to you about something so private and so traumatic on television is clearly expecting a great deal. But for me, it's rarely been as difficult as during our Dispatches documentary which tackles the issue within the ultra orthodox Jewish community, the Charedi. Continue reading...
On February 1, Netflix is premiering an adventurous undertaking, a made-for-Netflix series to stream, House of Cards, to star Kevin Spacey. I have mixed feelings about it. Continue reading...
This government seem hell bent on bringing back Victorian levels of poverty and misery to the poor, whilst at the same time giving a tax cut to the wealthy. Continue reading...
Freddie Ossberg, Founder and CEO of Raconteur Media and winner of Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010, gives tips on putting your business plans into action 1. Don't over complicate the business plan or the vision for the business: most business... Continue reading...
Aviation is one of the fastest-growing sources of carbon pollution, rising 3 to 4 percent per year. Getting a handle on this problem is critical if we're going to head off catastrophic climate change. Continue reading...
Could 2013 be the year that governments take decisive and inclusive action to tackle global hunger? Continue reading...
Ask anyone who's ever been 'sectioned' and you'll understand why. It's a painful, humiliating and dehumanising process. It usually involves an ambulance, the police, doctors and social workers and sometimes it involves officers in riot gear, physical restraint and a brush with the law. Continue reading...
The "Enough Food for Everyone... IF" campaign focuses on four "ifs" that could free millions from the cycle of hunger and food insecurity if we can make them a reality. Continue reading...
In 2010 the UK government decided that all UK companies, irrespective of their size, should offer a company pension scheme or be part of the National Employment Savings Trust. The government fear that we as a nation are not saving enough towards our retirement now that the average life expectancy has increased. Continue reading...
For most people drinking a cold beer, going to the cinema or playing a sport is how they relax after a hard day at work. However, there are those out there who like to play it a little less safe when it comes to their spare time. Booking for a... Continue reading...
Across Europe, wind farms continue to be erected in areas where they cause significant harm. Perhaps most distressing of these are those being thrown up across the migratory corridor that runs through Eastern Romania, along which hundreds of thousands of birds fly each year. Continue reading...
Small and medium sized businesses' importance to our economy cannot be underestimated and, yes, it has become somewhat of a cliché to say it but collectively they are the "lifeblood" of our economy - they provide almost two thirds of private sector jobs and half of private sector turnover. Continue reading...
