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...central role in securing a pro-Brexit result in 2016. Just as in the 1960s, when anti-immigrant sentiment coincided with negativity towards other minorities in the UK, in recent years the mobilisation against EU immigrants has also coincided with anti-refugee sentiment and increased attacks on British Muslims. Echoes of the past In our comparative analysis, we found that...

...central to these plans. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the growth of Cumbernauld was substantial. The population increased from 3,000 to 43,000 between 1957 and 1975. Manufacturing similarly prospered: 200 firms were established in the town by 1980, with total employment in the sector growing to 8,500. Despite this success, Cumbernauld’s manufacturing employment was...

...central part of the war effort. It was relied upon to transport medical supplies and military equipment, army personnel and horses, to the ports for export to the front. Women played a key role as they were charged with keeping the railways going, filling the gaps left by the 100,000 railwaymen who joined the war effort. Here you can read about some of the ways in which...

...central Eurasian land mass – an area centred on the Eurasian steppe and Central Asia that he termed the ‘geographical pivot of history’ – would be the dominant global force. This region now comprises a number of independent states that have emerged from successive waves of conquest by and competition between imperial powers (namely British and Russian, then later...

...central planks of Donald Trump's campaign for President has been the pledge to build a wall between the US and Mexico. In a personal opinion piece, Lisa Wade explains why a wall might exacerbate the problem he's hoping it will solve...Most Americans are either attracted to or repulsed by Donald Trump’s strong rhetoric around the “wall” between the US and Mexico. His...