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17 August 2017
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
Maggie's first foray into game show presenting got going in an instant and kept going with a relentless energy until the last second.
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12 August 2017
Tiff Stevenson: Bombshell
Brilliant, reflective and terrifyingly accurate political stand up
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1 August 2017 – 1 October 2017
Summer Sessions: State & Style with Beth Lambert
Explore the power of fashion and it's links to politics and self-expression
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23 June 2017
Theresa May is the leader we need for Brexit
This general election has demonstrated May's worth at the negotiating table in Brussels
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12 June 2017
GE17: Sorry to burst your bubble, but we aren’t finished
Put down the champagne, there is still work to do yet.
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9 June 2017
GE17: A victory for progressive politics
Little might actually change but yesterday's vote was a huge achievement for progressive politics.
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8 June 2017
GE17: Generation Rent
Young people face astronomical costs for house deposits preventing us from being able to by property like our parents did, if at all. Paired with rocketing rent costs and other financial barriers, we are making young people too dependent on their parents - for those who are lucky enough to get that support.
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8 June 2017
GE17: Hands off my Human Rights
Human Rights protect us all - changing them is the first step down a slippery slope to a dystopian nightmare.
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8 June 2017
GE17: Why do we hate talking about politics?
It sounds perfectly simple: just bash it out with people willing to listen. At the same time, I understand people feeling reluctant about or bored with political chat.
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24 April 2017
Cambridge Literary Festival: Virago/New Statesman Prize for Women in Politics and Economics
Where are all the women? That is the question that this talk and Virago and the New Stateman's prize is looking to address.
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24 April 2017
Cambridge Literary Festival: Women on the March
The Women's March on Washington broke the record for the single biggest day of protests in US history. At Cambridge Literary Festival the panel discussed the importance of feminism and protest in contemporary politics.
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23 April 2017
Cambridge Literary Festival: Elif Shafak
Prominent Turkish writer Elif Shafak discusses her new novel, the political situation in Turkey and how it has influenced her writing.
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23 April 2017
Cambridge Literary Festival: USA 100 Days On
A panel of writers and academics look at the first 100 hundred days of the Trump presidency and why this had been so important.
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23 April 2017
Cambridge Literary Festival: The Good Immigrant
Writers who contributed the The Good Immigrant look at the challenges concerning race and immigration today.
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17 April 2017
Cambridge Literature Festival: Top Picks
Cambridge Literature Festival is running from 18th-23rd of March, with a whole host of events on more than just books.
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24 January 2017
A Sign of Change?
"Couch Potato Politics" are over and the time has come to stand together and raise our voices.
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