Ints Vikmanis/Shutterstock Music festivals are important cultural and economic events. They have become symbols of the British summertime. However, festival spaces are not equal spaces. Festival lineups remain dominated by men, and female festivalgoers are also not free to enjoy festivals in the same way as men. In 2018 aContinue Reading
Russia's oldest synagogue in Irkutsk: around 20,000 Russian Jews have left the country since the war with Ukraine started. Shutterstock It’s not the first time that Jews have felt it necessary to flee Russia, but the invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the fourth wave of exiles in the pastContinue Reading
In the early 1990s, Senator Patrick Moynihan campaigned for the abolition of the CIA. The brilliant campaigner thought the US Department of State should take over its intelligence functions. For him, the age of secrecy was over. In a New York Times opinion piece, Moynihan wrote: For 30 years theContinue Reading
Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted in favour of an all-out, indefinite strike after years of declining pay. This industrial action will begin in the first week of September and escalates existing instances of withdrawn labour in relation to cases funded by criminal legal aid. Nearly 80% ofContinue Reading
RISHI Sunak has sensationally accused No10 of strangling disagreement over lockdown – and admitted the government “was wrong to scare people”. The ex-Chancellor said Downing Street ignored his concerns about the havoc Covid restrictions would wreak on the economy, schools and the NHS. Rishi Sunak has sensationally accused No10 ofContinue Reading
Minister of State Robert Troy has resigned as a Minister of State after he failed to declare all details of his properties to the Dáil register of members’ interests. In a statement issued this evening, he said: “I am issuing this statement as a serving TD for the constituency ofContinue Reading
AndreyUG/Shutterstock In 2021, more babies – 51% – were born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales than to those in a marriage or civil partnership for the first time since records began in 1845. This is a huge change. For centuries, “illegitimacy” and unmarried parenthood has been associated withContinue Reading
August 24 is Ukraine’s independence day – the day when, in 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic approved the Act of Declaration of Independence at a special session. Thirty-four years on, this historic day also marks six months since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggressionContinue Reading
Two Spanish towns have built a network of towers that douse surrounding trees with recycled water—stopping fire in its tracks.Continue Reading
In August 2021 the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, and since then secondary education for girls in the country has been banned. However, there have been reports of clandestine girls’ schools operating despite the ban. Teenage girls are reportedly taking extraordinary risks to attend lessons. Their teachers bravely share knowledge,Continue Reading
