Book review: Stories from a migrant city
Ben Rogaly's book on Peterborough, a Leave-voting city on the edge of the Fens, challenges our ideas about cosmopolitanism.
Mind, Body & Life
What can we learn from ancient cynicism?
Cynicism was a transgressive tradition. The life of Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky shows us what a modern revival might look like.
In a word: quarantine
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.
Looking back in anger at ‘Cool Britannia’ w/ Jason Arday
Sociologist Jason Arday recalls his South London teenagehood during the Blair years in a wide-ranging discussion on music and identity, racism and resistance.
Escaping the logic of work, w/ Mareile Pfannebecker
We talk to the co-author of "Work Want Work: Labour and Desire at the End of Capitalism" on how the logic of labour dominates our lives, and how we might…
Inside jokes
What does a dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac do at night? Laurie Taylor has been collecting jokes since he was seven years old. Now he's stuck in the house, they're all coming…
Taking sex robots seriously w/ Kate Devlin
Will future sex tech be more inclusive? What role should robotics play in human relationships? We talk to the author of "Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots" about her research…
Bolsonaro’s war on abortion
In Brazil, abortion is harder to access than ever – and women are taking desperate measures.
Should places of worship have special lockdown status?
Faith leaders in England, frustrated by Covid-19 restrictions, are demanding that more exemptions be made for services. Should religion be treated differently?
Book review: Thinking outside the box
This weird and wonderful journey through the history of the crossword is peppered with enjoyable anecdotes.