Author Archives: Serena Kutchinsky
Hong Kong’s new struggle: the battle for digital rights
A year on from last year's umbrella protests, things in Hong Kong look calm. But beneath the surface, activists are taking the fight online
Is Jeremy Corbyn really radical about the north?
The left-wing Labour leadership contender would do less for the north than George Osborne
Kezia Dugdale: if Labour doesn’t change its dead in Scotland
Some say the new leader of Scottish Labour has an impossible job, but she's determined to prove them wrong
Iain Duncan Smith’s “conversation” about disability is one-sided
The Secretary of State says he wants to get disabled people into work, but his actions don't match his words
How do we solve the world’s energy crisis?
Have your say about one of the most important issues facing our generation at a series of debates this autumn organised by the British Academy and Prospect
From IndyRef to Corbyn—what’s the point of political poetry?
We shouldn't dismiss the power of left-wing verse
If I ruled the world: John Mather
Achieve as much as we can—before the Earth becomes uninhabitable
Gore Vidal: the patrician rebel
Gore Vidal used his knowledge of Washington and Hollywood power to give the insider's view of the American imperial dream
The BBC’s only weapon
The new Culture Secretary has radical plans but will he be allowed to see them through?
Duel: Are there too many government departments?
Is government too much of a maze, or good enough as it is? Our panellists battle it out
Ocean supplement: The science of decline
How we are damaging the oceans