Novara FM: How To Be Honest About Empire w/ Sathnam Sanghera
The Empireworld author wrestles with the contradictory legacies of imperialism, from national parks to Band Aid.
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Novara FM: Palestine 2048
Palestinian sci-fi predicts the dystopias of now, not tomorrow, as editor Basma Ghalayini explains.
Novara FM: Trillions of Tiny Flying Particles
Dust might seem mundane, says Jay Owens, but only by looking at the tinest particles can we truly understand our impact on the planet.
Novara FM: Liberty, Democracy, Piracy
Did the Enlightenment begin at sea? Eleanor Penny talks to historian-from-below Marcus Rediker.
Novara FM: 1971, The Year Britain Became White
Is all of Britain stolen goods? Eleanor Penny finds out with scholar Nadine El-Enany.
Novara FM: History’s Biggest Benefits Cheat
Sociologist Gurminder K. Bhambra tells the truth about the wealth of the welfare state.
Novara FM: Identity Politics Hijacked
Philosopher Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò reframes a radical struggle with Eleanor Penny.
Novara FM: Deep Medicine
Rupa Marya and Raj Patel take Eleanor Penny on a global tour of inflammation and healing.
Novara FM: How We Normalised the Apocalypse
Can humanity turn back from the brink? Croatian philosopher Srećko Horvat on breaking the spell of end-times nihilism.
Novara FM: What Can Art Galleries Teach Us About Class Oppression?
The Tate's collection is a lesson in the making of class, explains Nathalie Olah.
Novara FM: History, Humanity, Heresy
Archaeologist David Wengrow upends everything we thought we knew about social evolution in a new book written with David Graeber.
Long Read: Money Can’t Free Britney – But a Strike Could
Eleanor Penny
The pop star inhabits a gilded version of the same cage that traps all wage labourers. She also has the same tools to escape, writes Eleanor Penny.
Opinion: Sex and the City Is Back and I Couldn’t Help but Wonder: Will the Show Finally Throw Off Shackles of Capitalism?
Eleanor Penny
As the hit HBO franchise returns for its seventh season, Eleanor Penny asks whether our heroines will at last escape their opulent purgatory.
Long Read: Forget Tory Food Tips: Everyone Deserves Delicious Big Dinners
Eleanor Penny
The Tories' meal plans scorn the idea that everyone is entitled to the basic human joy of food. We must insist on the necessity of pleasure, writes Eleanor Penny.
Interview: In Pursuit of a Common Wealth | Interview With George Monbiot
George Monbiot is a writer and activist. He is the founder of The Land is Ours, a campaign for the right of access to the countryside and its resources in the United Kingdom. His latest book, Out of the Wreckage: a new politics for an age of crisis sketches a new political story, tailored to […]
Novara FM: Paris Attacks: The Aftermath and the History
This week Ash Sarkar is joined by Eleanor Penny, James Butler and Sam Kriss to discuss the Paris attacks, the political responses and how they can be understood in the context of migration and colonialism.
‘Monsters and white knights’: Ukip’s crusade against sexual violence is white supremacy by another name
Eleanor Penny
Rotherham is still reeling from the council's exposed abuse cover-ups. Ukip continue to capitalise on the situation by tying sexual abuse to 'failed multiculturalism' - reiterating racist tropes and bolstering white supremacist leanings along the way.
Don’t Spend It All At Once! 7 Things ‘Wage Increases’ Can’t Hide
Eleanor Penny
As George Osborne heralds the arrival of new figures which put average earnings above inflation for the first time in four years, we cut through the smoke, mirrors and bell ringing to show how misdirection can't mitigate the ongoing cost of living crisis.