Thom Brooks (Durham): A Practical Guide to Living in the United Kingdom: A Report. Ben Bradford and Ian Loader (Oxford): Police, Crime and Order: The Case of Stop and Search. Nicole Martin (Essex): Are British Muslims Alienated from Mainstream Politics by Islamophobia and British Foreign Policy? Losing their religion: Andrew Anthony on the hidden crisis of faith among Britain’s young Muslims. Gary Hall (Coventry): Post-Welfare Capitalism and the Uberfication of the University. George Osborne, liberal idealist: The chancellor of the exchequer is remaking the state according to his own political philosophy. Why I’ve finally given up on the Left: Nick Cohen on how Left-wing thought has shifted towards movements it would once have denounced as racist, imperialist and fascistic. Far leftists do not laugh about Mao to mock communism — they laugh to forget communism. Laetitia Strauch-Bonart reviews Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left by Roger Scruton (and more).
Vic Gammon and Arthur Knevett on English folk song collectors and the idea of the peasant. Getting to Cambridge: A look at the political philosophy of Britain’s most successful city. Rowan Moore on London, the city that ate itself. Who benefits from a British referendum on European Union membership? Evan Fleischer on Scotland’s independence referendum obsession: What started as a once-in-a-generation event has quickly turned into a cliche. In 2009 the Manx language was declared extinct; today Isle of Man residents are using Twitter, music and schooling to help revive their ancestors’ mother tongue. Britannia rules the waves: Peter Harris on the Law of the Sea, the British Indian Ocean Territory, and the Chagos Islanders’ right to return.
