Eve Fensome speaks to Owen Jones about the problems facing the working class, and how Labour must meet their demands

Merge / Tomlab / Remote Control / Moorworks; 20128/10

George Galloway is suing the NUS after they referred to him as “rape denier” and banned him from speaking at their events

A tribute to the historian Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) who passed away last week aged 95

Eve Fensome talks to prominent political figures at the Labour Women’s Conference 2012

Joesphine Lane reviews the RSCs production of Julius Caesar and talks to star Adjoa Andoh

Norman Cook talks to The Mancunion about feeling old, rocking weddings and bucket lists

Is Ed Miliband’s idea of ‘One Nation Labour’ enough to convince us that they have a direction?

Following the release of their sixth studio album, Dan Jones takes a look at where Muse went wrong

Police are appealing for information about an assault on a homeless man in Whitworth Park last month

A fire caused by sausages, the death of a model and an attack in Rochdale

Students, trade unionists and activists lobbied outside the Labour Party Conference against NHS cutbacks

300-million-year-old insects have been visualised from inside rock for the first time.

As George Galloway announces he is suing the NUS for libel, in wake of his being described by them as a “rape denier”, Emma Bean examines the culture of murky understandings of rape.

How far should we value a system that consistently ranks Russell Group institutions below less traditionally academic ones?

A report has found that an extra 10,000 annual science graduates are needed to maintain the UK economy

‘Prestigious’ universities still advertising places for over 13,500 courses

Students can now compare details of every UK university course on new Unistats website

Jak Dyehouse responds to Soapbox Issue 02

A man was remanded in prison for five months on a charge of rape after a mistake was made processing his DNA for an unrelated incident