February | 2023 | Novara Media

Alexander Darwall. Screengrab: Edison

Feature: Meet the UK’s ‘Most Loathed’ Landowner

Simon Childs

Devon landowner and maverick hedge fund manager Alexander Darwall, who managed to get wild camping banned, has previously been criticised for enclosing common land and had to apologise after a dodgy investment blew up in his face.

Novara Live: Half a Million on Strike, Tory Wearing Rolex Says No Pay Rises

500,000 public sector workers have taken part in the biggest strike action in a decade. Michael Walker speaks to Daniel Kebede from the NEU on why teachers are on strike, and to Dalia Gebrial about the significance of the day.

Terraced housing in South Belfast with the backdrop of Cave Hill, Northern Ireland

Report: Is Belfast Becoming the New Epicentre of the Rental Crisis?

Róisín Lanigan

Private rents in Northern Ireland’s capital have jumped by nearly 10% in the last 12 months - and no-one's doing anything about it.

An image of Macron appears on the warning label of an oversized packet of cigarettes being held up as a protest banner. Crowds can be seen in the background

Feature: Could Pension Reform End Macron?

Olly Haynes

An attempt to raise the retirement age in France has sparked the biggest anti-government protests since the gilets jaunes. Olly Haynes reports.

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