People desperately want and need a party with socialist values. Future generations will be damning if this fails We write as friends and comrades. The need for a new party of the left has long been clear. It is now more urgent as Keir Starmer’s Labour party falls headlong into […]
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies In 1980, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, an unrepentant former leader of the Nazi women’s bureau in Berlin from 1934 to 1945, described her former job to historian Claudia Koonz […]
On some level, I realised it was a bit unhinged, writes the author and podcaster Elizabeth Day. But what did I have to lose? On 29 December 2022, I received a text. ‘Hi mum I’m texting you off a friends phone I’ve smashed mine and their phones about to die, can […]
A shift manager and an NGO worker clashed on everything from taxation to climate emissions. Would they part on bad terms? Richard, 52, Gainsborough Occupation Shift manager Continue reading…
From depression to obesity, the concept of ‘evolutionary mismatch’ can help foster self-compassion and point the way to a more rewarding existence One of the fascinating things about working as a psychotherapist is the opportunity to observe how many of our problems involve us getting in the way of ourselves. […]
The Greater Manchester mayor has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, but faces significant obstacles When Andy Burnham addressed a gala dinner this week, he was as coy as he could have been in a week when speculation about his future ambitions was in overdrive. “I love this […]
Poorly paid crews risk their lives on voyages in ‘propeller-driven coffins’ to smuggle drugs from Brazil to Europe What was going through the mariners’ minds, embarking on a voyage they must have feared they would not survive? How did they bid farewell to their loved ones before setting off? What […]
It’s a classic fridge standby, but which supermarket tomato-and-cheese pizza delivers quality and flavour, and which has a cardboard-like aftertaste? • ‘Glass chopping boards should be illegal’: how to look after your kitchen knives ‘Kor-nee-CHO-nay,” my friend Matt Comley exclaims, and repeats several times as he pads out some pizza […]
When Graham Russell set out for a dip in powerful wintry surf, he had no idea the beach where he had helped save lives as a surf lifesaver would become the place where his own was changed It was an exhilarating day in every possible way. Standing on the cold […]
Halting of dock redevelopment is big blow to area already hit by uncertainty over Ford site’s future Behind huge locked gates, the sprawling expanse of concrete and scrubland was supposed to be a hive of activity by now. Formerly the site of Barking Reach power station, these 17 hectares (42 […]