Slowly orbiting the Sun, its eyes fixed on a single region of our galaxy, the Kepler space observatory quietly goes about its business, scouring the Milky Way for Earth-like planets. The spacecraft, launched in 2009, is a specially designed telescope known as a photometer, or light meter. The telescope monitors […]

There is no political party in Britain today that truly represents the interests of working class people. You can’t fit a cigarette paper between the main parties. They are three wings of the same capitalist party.

It’s that time of year again. All over the country people are making New Year’s resolutions, whether they are to lose weight, quit smoking or save money. But whilst some people use the New Year to genuinely make a positive change to their lives, many just give up within a […]

I never really liked Big Brother’s transmission from Channel Four to Channel Five. It went from being this super interesting social experiment to a desperate try hard. But when I heard Spencer and Heidi were going in the house I thought it was the greatest decision Channel Five could make.

With all the major newspapers salivating with excitement, it has rarely been easier to overhear the naysayers and the voices of reason that have arisen in the public. I don’t remember ever seeing the press so blissfully united as they seem to be on the topic of Bowie’s first release in […]

Between April and November last year, 13,500 people visited food banks in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside, mostly people who are in work. As benefits are cut for the unemployed and for working people, food banks are likely to become a set feature of our society, with charities expected to […]

With festive rituals aside, the legion of palm trees sufficed. Boxing Day in Thailand offered idyllic re-quiescence for the Bennetts. But what starts as perfection quickly becomes unperfected, cataclysmic. A seemingly inoffensive breeze interlaced with sporadic laughter, shadows a queer murmur in the air – a murmur that becomes a […]

It seems to be that time of year again. The Christmas and New Year dust has settled, the ‘bad for you’ foods have been eaten and the beer bottles are dwindling. Time to make good on that New Year’s resolution to diet… Different diets work better for different people, and […]