How a little‑known clergyman studying worms by candlelight in the 1700s inspired Charles Darwin – but didn’t get the credit he deserved
My passion for earthworms and ecology led me to continuing Darwin’s experiments in his own ‘back garden’
My passion for earthworms and ecology led me to continuing Darwin’s experiments in his own ‘back garden’
The new NHS workforce plan for England promises a 50% increase in GP training places by 2031. But the challenges GPs are wrestling with go much deeper.
We all need to eat. Experts imagine how the next agricultural revolution can feed us while fighting climate change and habitat destruction, instead of accelerating it.
Archival documents show that in the 1980s, British education officials refused to engage with Muslim communities about funding faith-based schooling.
An expert in public policy asks if it will ever be possible for political parties in Europe to be honest about the limits of growth – and still get elected.
The excavation of the 7th century Saxon ship at Sutton Hoo was remarkable – but we can’t ignore the harmful rhetoric about the ‘Anglo-Saxon’ race in a new Netflix film dramatising the find.
The release of Hillsborough Independent Panel’s report into the death of 96 football fans at the 1989 FA Cup Semi Final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest is not just a landmark in British history…
In the 1700s ‘burial clubs’ emerged in response to fears of funeral poverty. These schemes persist today — along with marketing targeting the poor and vulnerable.
Social media is making it easier for extremists to recruit individuals to commit cultural attacks.
Some 1,500 years ago, the Plague of Justinian spread via ships from North Africa to Europe and Asia, killing up to 50 million people.