"There's a growing anger, a feeling of powerlessness." These were the words of one volunteer for the French charity Solidarity following dawn...
The world suffered the economic equivalent of a heart attack in 2008-9, triggered by the collapse of the Wall Street bank Lehman Brothers. The...
As half a million students begin university this month Rob Ferguson looks at the consequences of cuts and fees on applications
Considering the state of the UK economy, the figures for employment appear to present a paradox. While GDP has fallen by around 4 percent since...
Our view of austerity in Greece is usually shaped by events on the mainland. Chris Jones, who lives on the island of Samos, looks at the impact of the crisis on people living in the Greek...
Less than halfway through it's projected 5 year term of office, the Tory and Lib Dem coalition is on the rocks. Charlie Kimber argues that it's important to understand the weakness of our...
In September 1862 the conclusion of the Battle of Antietam led US president Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation declaring the end of slavery. On the 150th anniversary Camilla...
It is increasingly likely that a referendum on Scottish independence will take place in the autumn of 2014. Dave Sherry looks at the growing tensions within the Scottish National Party and argues...
Debates about China have often been focused on those who say its growth can go on for decades and those who predict imminent doom. Here Mike Haynes argues that neither approach is correct, but so...
Unite is Britain's biggest union. The approach it takes to combating austerity and job losses makes a big difference to workers in all sectors. Eddie Cimorelli asks whether Unite is living up to...
The success of movies based on iconic "costumed heroes" can hardly have escaped the notice of anybody who has been awake in the past ten years.
Now that the hysteria has subsided, Brian Richardson asks whether the Olympics lived up to their promise
Jerusalem, the song based on a poem by William Blake, is now the unofficial national anthem.
Keira Knightley plays the title role in the latest screen adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel, teaming up to form a third collaboration with Joe Wright, director of Pride & Prejudice and...
Herman Axelbank's film Tsar to Lenin provides an unparalleled film record of the Russian Revolution.
The Edinburgh Festival responded to last summer's riots with musicals and documentary dramas, but the most interesting show on this theme set about organising its audience into noisy protesters...
For those interested in such things, a minor spat has broken out among some of Britain's best known thespians about whether Will Shakespeare of Stratford was, in fact, the author of the plays...
Tate Modern currently has a display of 54 works by the German artist John Heartfield (1891-1968).