How politics lost touch with everyday life
Two new books argue politics is too often arrogantly distant from the things that really matter.
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Two new books argue politics is too often arrogantly distant from the things that really matter.
By Melissa BennThe Public Order Bill is a worrying assault on basic freedoms.
By Adrian Bradley, Rachel Cunliffe and NS PodcastsDon’t sweat it if you fail, Perry reassures: the point is always to repair minor mistakes or even serious harm.…
By Melissa BennThrough the story of her grandmother’s rural Home Counties pub, Laura Thompson offers us a lyrical portrait of a…
By Melissa BennThe practice of excluding under-performing pupils ahead of exams disproportionately affects the less privileged.
By Melissa BennAs the coalition-era reforms falter and fail, some teachers are looking to the future, not to the past, for…
By Melissa BennFrom the “Swindon experiment” and beyond, Hilary Cottam’s ideas could transform our social crisis.
By Melissa BennRadical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy by Lynne Segal, and Riot Days by Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina both talk finding…
By Melissa BennIn our world dominated by the hard men (and women) of the new right, the book reads more as…
By Melissa BennCan books by Jessa Crispin, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Catherine Mayer and Jess Phillips harness a wave of popular energy?
By Melissa Benn