Almost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows

Cursed Objects · Episode

We are spending billions to help families with childcare, but I fear profiteers are denying them the full benefit. I’ll put a stop to that, says education secretary Bridget Phillipson

Birthrates will continue to decline if young adults persist in preferring social media to the joy of physical interaction

There’s something appallingly physical about the language that’s used to describe the radical changes that are affecting every aspect of our culture. AI slop. Enshittification. It’s all rather revolti...

The city’s wealthy property owners say they are sick of being vilified

‘PART WAKE-UP CALL, PART FINANCIAL THRILLER’ (SHAMI CHAKRABARTI) The Asset Class is an equal parts thrilling and enraging work of vital financial journalism, lifting the lid on the rele…

A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week.

Hundreds of museums have closed in the UK since 2000. Some closures have led to the transfer of part or all of the collection to another museum which has later also closed, causing collections to m...

by Lars Cornelissen This essay is part of a JHI Blog forum, “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”

Only 3000 people are invited to Davos, home of the World Economic Forum - and you’re one of them! Well, not really. But welcome anyway to this chocolate-box Swiss mountain town, transformed via "the C...

uk rap v the ravey right on rainy fascism island

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General admission: 2 May – 26 June 2025. Mon-Fri, 10am - 8pm. Free entry Location: Peltz Gallery , Birkbeck, University of London. 43-46 Gordon Sq, London WC1H 0PD Just this once, we’re asking y...

Harvard Law School paid just $27 for the document, which UK academics now think is the real thing.

Cursed Objects · Episode

Friday 5th December 2025, Think Tank Birmingham

Join three expert guests – historian Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley, author Luke Turner and curator Kate Clements – as they explore the presence of war in the museum shop.  This event explores two kin...

In defence of the most annoying cyclists in London