The Canal and River Trust denies it’s a landlord, but routinely fines, evicts and even repossesses boaters’ homes. Guess who ...

The public service broadcaster has published coverage of hunger strikes in Iran, Italy and Tunisia - but not the eight ...

Mental health diagnoses are far from perfect. But attacking ‘overdiagnosis’ as a way to push sick and disabled people back ...

Starmer wants tougher policing of Europe’s borders and reforms of the ECHR. Plus: “High risk of death” for Palestine Action ...

With Corbyn and Sultana jostling for pole position in Your Party, members have voted for a collective leadership that ...

In an interview with Politico, Donald Trump has dismissed Europe as a “decaying” group of nations led by “weak” and ...

Is Stranger Things the last remnant of the 'mainstream'? The gang explore the political meanings of a multifaceted term.

Moya wonders if politeness is stopping us from seriously addressing women’s shrinking bodies and changing faces.

Cory Doctorow, this week’s Downstream guest, has a word for this phenomenon: ‘Ensh*tification’. He’s written a book about it ...

How much does a politician's behaviour at school matter? It depends how extreme it was, and whether they're willing to take ...

Exclusive: A socialist councillor has joined the Green party from Labour after accusing the government of ‘betraying its ...

The failed coup in Benin, Paramount interferes in the potential Netflix/Warner Bros deal, and Zack Polanski’s somewhat controversial reasons for why migration is needed… With Michael Walker & Barry ...