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Paul O'Grady speaks against Russia's anti-gay stance outside Downing Street ahead of the Olympic Games in 2014. REUTERS/Paul Hackett

Obituary: ‘Bastards!’: Comedian and Outspoken Critic of Austerity Paul O’Grady Dies Aged 67

by Simon Childs

O’Grady, famous for his drag persona Lily Savage, described cuts to disability benefits as ‘criminal’ and said he would like to see David Cameron and George Osborne’s heads on spikes.

‘It Felt Beautiful and Precious’: Reflections on the Student Movement 10 Years On

Today marks a decade since students faced police horse charges in Parliament Square before being kettled into the night on Westminster Bridge. The 2010 student movement radicalised thousands of students in defence of public education. Matt Myers speaks to two former students about how the movement impacted their politics and lives.

Student's occupying a tower in Manchester

Report: Is Coronavirus Incubating a New Student Movement?

by Sophie K Rosa

Universities duped students into returning to campus, only to lock them down in halls. Angry and abandoned, students have organised rent strikes, occupations and protests. Is the experience of Covid on campus radicalising a new generation? Sophie K Rosa reports.

4 Nails in the Coffin of the NUS

by Student Mole

While campuses across the country are gearing up for the national free education demonstration on 19 November, the National Union of Students leadership has dramatically pulled its support in spite of the wishes of its national executive committee and those organising the march. While many were angered by the U-turn, few experienced activists could claim to be surprised.