In the early hours of 5th July 2024, when Nigel Farage was confirmed as the new MP for Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, he celebrated with a threat. “We’re coming for Labour,” the Reform UK leader declared. “Be ...

The new MP for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire has an alien in his office. Ian Sollom is the newly appointed universities and skills spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats. He also has a PhD in ...

Back in 1976, Le Monde hailed Belgian film-maker Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles as “the first masterpiece of the feminine in the history of cinema”. Such praise ...

The Industrial Revolution transformed the UK into a global economic powerhouse by creating a dense network of thriving industry. This transition drove technological innovation, urbanisation and ...

While the Conservative party regroups and rebuilds in the wake of July’s disastrous election result, among the achievements to dust off from the wreckage and be truly proud of is our support of the UK ...

February 2025 marks the centenary of the death of York-based industrialist Joseph Rowntree. A hundred years later, the principles for sustainable employment that he and his family developed at their ...

Some readers will find this enormous book not so much impossible as impassable. They should get a stronger torch, a nourishing snack on which to chew whenever they need to rest and reflect, and try ...

How can we prepare people to adapt to a new world of work? This is the key task of Skills England, a new body launched earlier this year by the Department for Education. Currently set up in “shadow ...

One of the reasons I have been so excited to return to the Department for Education is because it has, to my mind, the greatest potential to deliver change. I’m not just talking economically, vital ...

Eliane Brum dials into our video call from the rainforest. Behind her is a wall of green. Over the whirr of my laptop in a windowless basement in central London, I can hear some faint sounds of ...

For applicants looking to stand out in today’s crowded job market, a paper qualification may not always be enough. Increasingly, employers value hands-on experience and industry knowledge, as well as ...

As it happens, two of the shows I watched over the Christmas break were not in English. I watched all three seasons of Dark, a German-language, Stranger Things-esque time-travel drama that my ...