As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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The science of power and influence
Science is often treated as if it’s apolitical, but swimming in money and influence, is that a realistic view, ask ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
Newton was president of the Royal Society between 1703 and 1727
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
AT THIS time of year much attention is paid to the celebrities of science, thanks to the announcement of Nobel prizes next week.
One of the most prestigious scientific organisations in the world is the Royal Society (there are 33 living members of the Royal Society with Nobels in physiology or medicine, and 18 in physics).
Around the 1640s, a group of natural philosophers, as early scientists were known, referred to their interactions as “their Invisible College.”
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