Now a new book by science writer Rebecca Boyle offers a surprising entry into the lunar canon. Our Moon does certainly convey ...

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Mia Bloom is Associate Professor of International Studies and Women's Studies at Penn State University, and author of Bombshell: The Many Faces of Women Terrorists (Hurst).

We talk to the author of “This Is Not America” about race, freedom of expression, and what is at risk when Britain blindly emulates the US Tomiwa Owolade is a Nigerian-born British journalist and ...

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Dr Laura Piacentini is lecturer in Criminology at the University of Stirling. Surviving Russian Prisons: Punishment, Economy and Politics in Transition is published by Willan, UK ...

As the Church pushes for harsher drug laws in Italy, a series of cases suggest that the priesthood is hiding a problem of its own "If you knew the right people, you would know it’s very common,” wrote ...

It's been a big year, with transformative elections – for better or worse – in the US, UK and across Europe, not to mention the other events reshaping our society, from ongoing conflicts to scientific ...

When you picture a crowd, you may think of a jostling, unruly mass. It’s an image often painted by politicians, news outlets and the police, who warn us of the dangers of mass panic, crime and ...