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...economists’ code for the higher pay which voters – and the Chancellor’s party – expect to gain when Brexit uncertainty settles. If that promise secures the government’s re-election by 2020, Ed Balls could well claim to be the ghostwriter denied a royalty. [The Conversation]This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...we collected goods to raffle to raise legal funds: a “raffle for justice”, in one of the world’s richest countries, with one of the world’s oldest legal systems. A country that colonised many of those that MaMa members have come from. The irony is not lost. [The Conversation]This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...extreme forms disappeared, or were repackaged for smaller and very specialised audiences, the continuing public appetite or need for violence continued to be satisfied by violent crime reporting, by nostalgic reenactments of melodramas, and eventually by violent films and video games. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...article is a quick exploration of the costs and benefits of expanding Heathrow, focusing on the geographical techniques of analysis you would learn in the OU’s “Environmental Studies” courses. Airports are particularly interesting for geographers because they are an almost perfect example of how scale, distance and network are more complicated than you might...

...resilient cities, and more equal and inclusive societies. It feels like I end every reflection on development issues with a sense of urgency, but the new report provides stark evidence that urgency is needed. Education must be at the forefront of every agenda. [The Conversation]This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...Actually seeing successful women in the UK’s elected parliaments and assemblies is important, but embedding gender equality as something normal will involve a much longer and deeper process of engagement with identity and ethical practice in organisation and individual behaviour. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...to reside in the UK before June 23 – even if they did not have a piece of paper to prove it – are protected by the rule of law. A retrospective change of requirements to be granted the permanent right to reside would not only be unlawful in international law, but under UK law, too. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...It shows we haven’t given up on the idea that democracy is more than shareholder citizens deciding who should run their corporate nation. The EU ruled that Apple had cost Ireland billions of dollars. Yet the real cost is even steeper – it is the creeping global loss of our democracy. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....