Disabled people won’t look back on 2024 with any fondness – 2025 must be a year of real change

As a longtime advocate for homeless people, the ‘big issue’ I see in the coming year, unfortunately, is more homelessness in the United States – with only a few glimmers of hope. Approaching the close

Imagine a typical flatshare, and you might picture students or young professionals. But a quiet shift is taking place at the other end of the age spectrum, as an increasing number of older people turn

I can’t go to my pitch every single day like I used to because I have moved to Newport and it’s a long way from there. I have to take the train and the bus so it takes time and sometimes I can’t affor

“The failure of economists to forecast recessions is virtually unblemished,” notes Prakash Loungani, assistant director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This includes the economists at the IM

January 2026

Keep calm and carry on is Ukraine’s mantra this winter. The nation has been at war for nearly four years and its list of problems is growing almost as rapidly as its exhaustion, but people are determi