Join the Mile End Institute for a discussion exploring how financial crises and market pressures have shaped British politics since 1976.

Predictions that white-collar work will soon be automated reveal an underappreciation of what other people’s jobs entail

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To support African diaspora genealogy, Ancestry offers free access to the Former British Colonies Enslavement Registers collection of nearly 4 million records.

A gym boss and a "soldering genius" are among the non-scientists working at the park.

I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.

Local infrastrucutre is a lens through which citizens materially experience the actions of the state. Drawing on the concept of 'infrastructural citizenship', this paper explores how shared spaces ca...

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HOPE not hate exposes the violent men “handpicked” by Danny Tommo for his new ‘Patriot Platform’. Despite being subject to “rigorous checks” and prioritising “quality...

On contrition and curatorial autonomy

From Nina Jörden, Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge, UK

This “ancient Greek” stadium in northern Italy was charging locals €40. An investigation into it took only a day to conclude it was a scam.

New evidence suggests the rise of working from home has made entry-level hires a less attractive proposition

Cambridge’s emergence as a global innovation powerhouse was not the result of a single policy or institution, but decades of interaction between government intervention, infrastructure, institutions a...

Local infrastrucutre is a lens through which citizens materially experience the actions of the state. Drawing on the concept of 'infrastructural citizenship', this paper explores how shared spaces ca...

Speculative fiction about the economic threats we face could help to sharpen minds

There is clearly a risk this turns out to be a two-tier model which favours some of the existing top-tier authorities with stronger local economies.