DR GLYN ROBBINS ties fights at universities and sixth-form colleges to the consequences of the market system that began a generation ago with tuition fees
Britain’s medal-winning curling team are back on the ice as the Winter Olympics get under way in Italy, writes JAMES NALTON
HELEN MERCER recommends a timely history of the Civil Service worker organisation that proposes a principled and strategic approach for the future
The PM says Mandelson 'betrayed our values' – but ministers and advisers flock to line their pockets with corporate cash, says SOLOMON HUGHES
DR GLYN ROBBINS ties fights at universities and sixth-form colleges to the consequences of the market system that began a generation ago with tuition fees
In the first of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG introduces the key themes of her book on the Chinese revolution
The far right thrives on division, but denying racism within the left only strengthens it. As we mobilise for the All Together March, real solidarity demands honesty about our own failures, argues ROGER McKENZIE
TOM GALLAHUE argues that asking what role Irish diaspora educators can play in shaping Irish unity is to ask a deeper question about democracy itself
Hundreds in Berlin gathered on January 15 to honour the US-born socialist who made East Germany his home. Florentine Morales Sandoval reports
JOHN WIGHT tells the story of boxing, conscience and cold war betrayal behind On the Waterfront
ALAN McGUIRE welcomes the complete poems of Seamus Heaney for the unmistakeable memory of colonialism that they carry
GORDON PARSONS is fascinated by a musical — and questioning — survey of Shakespeare’s attitude to women
MATTHEW HAWKINS enjoys the work of reading the essays of a rigorous and leading London/Caribbean cultural participant
ALEX HALL appreciates the history of a famous shoot-out that is sourced from diaries, letters, and newspapers of the time
MARIA DUARTE recommends an extraordinary film that explores an absent father’s attempt to make up to his sons
JOHN GREEN, MARIA DUARTE and LEO BOIX review The Shepherd and the Bear, Hamlet, Twinless, and 100 Nights of Hero