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...public machismo and ruthless pursuit of Russian interests are more likely to incite a competitive spirit rather than a co-operative one. So in the long term, US-Russia relations are likely to deteriorate rather than improve. But should a real crisis arise, the two leaders do still have a trust-based device to fall back on: the Moscow-Washington hotline. Call me if you...

...publications in psychology presented arguments for the social construction of a variety of topics from ‘the emotions’ through ‘lesbianism’ to ‘the person’. For my undergraduate dissertation, supervised by Rex Stainton Rogers, I used a technique called Q methodology to study the different discursive frames that people adopt when they think about what it means...

...public culture and discourse (which might also be investigated). The last problem about politics and emotion might close the circle: What do people do as well as feel? It may be important for us not to get so carried away by the discovery that people have feelings that we think that is all they have. People also reason, calculate, guess and argue. The hardest challenge...

...public spaces rather than a private home. Because of this, rough sleepers are seen as uncivilised – and consequently unwelcome – by authorities determined to attract business and tourism. This has led, in some quarters, to the vilification of “visible” homeless people – particularly where their homelessness is seen as a “lifestyle choice” – on the basis...

...public engagement. In a world apparently hostile to expertise, in which the academy needs to find new sources of authority and legitimacy, who might our allies be? We could perhaps look for inspiration to some of the social or political groups challenging the dysfunctional consequences of Brexit through the mobilisation of new solidarities. HOPE not hate, for example,...

...public. At least as important, however, are purely practical and economic considerations. The current asylum situation is unprecedented, even comparable to the Balkan crisis in the 1990s. In 2015 Sweden received a total of 160,000 asylum seekers. This was the highest ever number for a single year. In fact, it was almost twice the previous high of 84,000 in 1992. Over the...