Rather than hoping for the emergence of some new ‘party of the left,’ EMMA DENT COAD sees a broad alliance of local parties and community groups as a way of reviving democratic progressive politics

FLIGHT is one of our most coveted superpowers, vying with mind-reading, teleportation and invisibility in the fantasy of “if you could do anything…”
It’s a curiously mundane ambition: the power of flight is enjoyed by millions of species on Earth (mostly insects), including even ourselves in the form of flying vehicles.
Perhaps it’s not so strange — after all, it’s easiest to want pleasures we can most vividly imagine. We’re surrounded by birds and insects flying majestically around us, so it’s natural that we wish to join them.

A maverick’s self-inflicted snake bites could unlock breakthrough treatments – but they also reveal deeper tensions between noble scientific curiosity and cold corporate callousness, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Science has always been mixed up with money and power, but as a decorative facade for megayachts, it risks leaving reality behind altogether, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT

