March tale: what would you do, in the cold, cold Winter?
Folk tales often grow from periods of great hardship. The tale of Hansel and Gretel, though first written down
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Author: Andrew Simms
Crapitalism: & the alternatives to ‘big’ outsourcing
Lindsay Mackie and Andrew Simms ask why we’re not using proven alternatives to ‘big’ outsourcing News last week that Capita
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February’s tale: back with the fairies
‘Back with the fairies’, by David Boyle, charts the strange revival of beliefs in fairies, asks in an age of
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Migration play by New Weather’s Sarah Woods wins national drama award
BORDERLAND by New Weather’s Sarah Woods has won the Tinniswood Award, for best original radio drama script of 2017. The
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The climate breakdown behind the ice and snow
Behind the freezing weather that makes some wish for a warmer world, writes Bill McGuire, there is a climate in
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Refugee drama by New Weather’s Sarah Woods shortlisted for UK broadcast award
The refugee drama, Borderland, set in a near future Britain divided by borders, written by New Weather’s Sarah Woods, has been shortlisted
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Economic prospects for 2018: New Weather and the FT survey
Each year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of analysts. New Weather took
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January’s tale: The magician’s house
The magician’s house, by Jan Dean, a chilly hearth-side story for the world we live in about a promise, begins
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One special day – a cautionary Christmas tale
One special day – a cautionary Christmas tale by Bill McGuire is a short, seasonal special for our project on
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The new reformation: 33 theses for an economics reformation
Marking the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s challenge to the established church, the New Weather Institute and campaign group Rethinking Economics,
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