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A nine part epic docuseries on the entire history of music, presented by Charlotte Ritchie

Short reviews of the nine books I read in May

Despite warning signs that trans people are dying of suicide more than the general UK population, official data remains inadequate – while rights and healthcare rollbacks continue

Achintya Rao’s Now Page

Transgender activists and students on Monday demanded the rollback of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 introduced in Parliament last week saying the amendment scraps the principle of self-identification of gender and could push back past protections gained after great struggles.

Listen to "Showing the person behind the science. Guest: Marlene Altenmüller" on Spreaker. Transcript Achintya Rao : Welcome to SciComm Conversations. My name is Achintya Rao. In this episode we exp...

Robin Ince reflects on the final night of Monkey Cage

Employment Tribunal decision.

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by my partner, Jenni. I grew up playing the violin and the recorder, both in the classical style, as was appropriate for a middle-class kid in small-town England.

Listen to "Engaging young people with green jobs. Guest: Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers" on Spreaker. Transcript Achintya Rao : Welcome to SciComm Conversations. My name is Achintya Rao. I am the

The main ways to get your computer infected these days are clicking on the wrong link, accessing the wrong website and/or installing the wrong software. While we have addressed over and over again the...

In my time living in Europe, I have experienced a few (and thankfully, only a few) incidents of racism. So I am relatively used to encountering everything from unkindness to hostility and violence fro...

It feels a strange to write about such seemingly trivial matters at a time when horrific strife around the globe is being live-streamed to us all day. But writing itself is an escape.