Each year the Financial Times conducts a survey of leading economists on the UK’s upcoming prospects. The New Weather Institute is part of that survey and predicts a bumpy ride. Here are the answers we gave on issues ranging from economic growth to Brexit, monetary...
Next week, we may see a five-day Post Office strike in the 300 Crown Offices which are mainly in city and town high streets. It's maximally inconvenient and will be grim if it happens. Cue huge amounts of spluttering from government spokespeople, and Conservatives...
There is a tendency for those of us on the radical fringes of conventional politics to remain happily oblivious to the fact that nobody in the mainstream is listening. But suddenly the speed of the conventional seems to be accelerating and so much more seems possible...
On Tuesday 29th November, we'll be holding the first meeting on how we want the UK to be after Brexit. It's in Oxford, so please do come along. Free food available, and no need to book - just turn up!
This story is an extract from our new collection of 23 modern folk tales for troubling times There was a knock at the door... which is available now in print and as an e-book: Direct from The Real Press: There was a knock at the door... And from major online book...
“Stories are one of the most ancient and most effective ways of making sense of the world,” wrote Philip Pullman in his foreword to There was a knock at the door... our collection of 23 modern folk tales for troubling times. It launched our initiative to promote...
It is a peculiar aspect of the Southern Rail fiasco that so many of their staff and managers, at least the ones I come across, are not just extraordinarily patient – they are also very nice people. I can’t say I have actually met the chief executive, Charles Horton –...
The decision by the Wallonia regional government to refuse to sign up to CETA has been greeted by a fascinating set of reactions. They range from 'hooray, it's David and Goliath' to 'obscure region blocks necessary trade deal for socialistic reasons'. The...
Sometimes things are clear but we feel as if we can't do much about them. And sometimes things become clear and it is evident that we can do something about them. We're in that position with the role of Parliament in the negotiations to leave the European Union....
We are the life we seek ‘out there’. Nobody suggests we could live there, but new excitement about potential life on Jupiter’s watery moon Europa, is a reminder of the damage we’re doing to the life beneath our feet and what we might do to take better care of it. This...