The recent Cranston Inquiry has shed light on the rescue operation that failed to prevent the deaths of at least 30 people in the Channel.
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The funding freeze has hit hard, programmes have stalled, uncertainty has grown and communities are feeling the strain.
An expert in public policy asks if it will ever be possible for political parties in Europe to be honest about the limits of growth – and still get elected.
The Waldorf Astoria Hotel has been shunned by presidents since Barack Obama after it was taken over by Chinese owners.
A century after the disappearance of explorer George Mallory, his photos and diary offer a valuable baseline for investigating impacts of tourism and climate change on the Tibet side of Everest.
‘Sometimes I sit in the bedroom and I’m crying my eyes out like a child’
On the eve of Damien Hirst’s 60th birthday, two philosophers of art explore the true value of the ‘world’s richest artist’.
Attempts to encourage peaceful dialogue are hampered by the generational legacies of ethnic conflict, including South Sudan’s long history of violent cattle raiding.
Academic research on changing social norms relating to gender and sexuality is largely silent on how these changes can affect those who ‘do not agree’.
Lichens bridge the living and non-living – understanding them allows us to better see how to conserve our heritage, and also ourselves.
I’ve spent almost eight years learning about the lives and experiences of these forgotten explorers.
It is the longest miscarriage of justice experienced by a living inmate in the UK.
Despite the extraordinary feats of Tabei and many other adventurous women, sexism and misogyny in mountaineering have persisted for decades.
National and local governments are thought to be responsible for almost half of all attacks on journalists in both countries.
China’s long-unified identity and language has enabled academics to track cycles of growth and inequality in thousand-year-old economic records. This is what they reveal.
How a three-year investigation into chemical pollution began.
Biosphere status is ‘not a hallmark of perfection’, says island administration.
Despite achieving Unesco biosphere status on the basis of its marine reserves, hazardous chemical contaminants pollute the seas around the Isle of Man.
Bridges are not just engineering projects, they are lifelines.
Syrian refugees must be able to decide what’s next for them as pressures mount for their return.
Top contributors
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Chargée de recherche CNRS, Géographe et politiste spécialiste des frontières et migrations, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Plymouth
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Winchester
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Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
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Emeritus Professor in Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey
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Professor of Neurology, UCL
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Associate Professor, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor in Modern History, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Social History, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Winchester
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Professor of Modern History, University of Bristol