Charlotte Cooper: The world’s first female Olympic champion
The 1900 Olympics were the first of their kind to allow women to compete, and it was a British woman who came away as the first ever female Olympic champion.
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Which way to happy: Data is a map, now we need to figure out the way
The first annual results of the ‘Measuring National Wellbeing Programme’ showed happiness and subjective wellbeing vary between groups and locations.
Want to know how to be happy? It’s complicated!
Trying to understand wellbeing though national wellbeing figures is like trying to understand what Britain is like by looking at Google Earth’s snapshots of it.
Prioritising the wellbeing index is one of the few progressive things this government has done
Cameron needs to develop a progressive policy landscape fit to meet the challenges of our ecological overshoot and wellbeing undershoot.
Will the Tories follow up their praise for Wiggo with investment in cycling?
The Conservatives have been quick to jump on the Bradley Wiggins bandwagon – but will they follow up their praise for him with investment in cycling.
Osborne’s ideological politics are threatening Cameron’s ‘greenest government ever’
The PM’s responsible, careful framing is steadily being undone by George Osborne – wielding his right-wing wrecking ball.
BBC coverage pushes the government to focus on the horrors of FGM in the UK
Hopefully, the BBC’s reports will bring a very serious issue into the spotlight encouraging action.
Why are the government making it easier for UK multinationals to dodge their tax bills?
The last Budget introduced a vast watering down of anti-tax haven abuse rules
Irish political parties must meet female MP quotas or risk losing state funding
A Bill passed in the Irish government this weekend has historically changed the way women will be represented in the Dáil.
Leaked report on costs of nuclear spells trouble for the government
If nuclear ends up being more expensive than offshore wind to generate, the entire rationale for the government’s approach will need to be urgently revisited.