Britishness
The fascism is coming from inside the house
What do the marches in Dover and Portsmouth by masked men this past weekend tell us about the loneliness epidemic?
Alanna Byrne
If I was in charge...
What if we reinvented social media, prioritising the 'social' part?
Belonging
MMA is a fascist pipeline
Searching for belonging, young men are being seduced by a corrupt version of martial arts.
Culture
Ffair Cymru: Conversations and Contradictions
From Swansea to the Southbank in a weekend, Part One. (First published in Byline Times June 2026 edition)
Who’s afraid of the big Bad Bunny?
Will the haters ever learn that love is not a branding strategy?
Democracy
Why a new age of ‘no-bullshit’ communication is shifting the political landscape
Step aside Donny and Nigel. It's time for the Zohran and Zack show.
Activism
Kneecap: the joy of resistance
This is what protest is all about.
Culture
The Lionesses. Women’s sport makes Britain brilliant
The Euros winners show what it means to love your country.
Belonging
Island of strangers?
The outrage over echoes of Enoch are valid, but the deeper question remains: where *are* our communities?
Culture
How we launched Speak Up mattered – here’s why
Attention to detail is critical if we want to be heard above the noise of our dysfunctional media.
Culture
It’s time to Speak Up for the world we want
A plan to broaden people’s perspectives by offering a new vision for what the future could be.
Climate
Why we started Absurd Intelligence
Those of us who have been around the movement for many years can think back to a time we would tell ourselves, “When rich people in LA start losing their homes, things will change”...