What's the difference between a party and a movement? And is communism really on the horizon? Professor Jodi Dean has the ...

Nikesh Shukla introduces his new Cable column, Hope Around the Corner, with a tale that begins with a picture of a twat, and an outdated racist slur The future of independent, hard-hitting media is in ...

Bestselling author and screenwriter Nikesh Shukla writes a monthly culture column, following his curiosity to get to know ...

It’s been almost a year since the worst racist rioting in generations swept across the UK. Dozens of cities in England and Northern Ireland ...

Open Democracy journalist and Dark Arts newsletter author Ethan Shone takes Isaac and Priyanka on a whistlestop tour of dark ...

“I used to stage-manage a theatre, now, in a way I stage-manage the city of Bristol,” says Annie McGann. She’s the founder of the Save Bristol Nightlife campaign, and a tireless advocate for our ...

After several episodes getting deep into local politics and the workings of democracy, this week Unpacked takes a detour into an area everyone can enjoy – food – as Neil chats to Bristol’s new high ...

In 2023, the Cable revealed that Naomi Knapp, a Bristol landlord barred from letting properties due to poor maintenance and fire safety issues, had got around her banning order by renting them out via ...

It’s a bright spring afternoon in Hillfields. The neighbourhood green buzzes with life — kids tear around the skatepark, parents chat by the swings. In one corner, raised beds bloom in the community ...