The ultra-rich pose a threat to our democratic institutions—and the problem will deepen if extreme wealth is left unchecked.

Oxfam report says wealth extracted from India between 1765 and 1900 would be a sum large enough to ‘carpet the surface area ...

Rather than being made to pay for its plundering, there’s something even more devastating and long-lasting that the British could do – educate itself properly about its colonial history, says Mihir Bo ...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group ...

Dante’s Divine Comedy, a ‘biography’ of the Italian poet’s masterpiece by Joseph Luzzi, brims with facts but lacks any starry-eyed wonder ...

An international development expert from Cumbria will give a talk in Carlisle on the 1984-85 Ethiopian famine.

Even in the 21st-century digital age, books haven’t lost their importance; they are still a reliable source for gathering information. Although we can now carry thousands of e-books on mobile devices ...

Oxfam on Colquhoun Square has announced the job vacancy, but applicants must be quick as the deadline is on Monday, January 6. The position is for 15 hours a week with weekend working included. No ...

Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Discover the best book scanners, which make it quick and easy to accurately capture the pages of a book in digital form The best book scanners make digitally capturing the pages of a book far easier ...

Dame Jacqueline Wilson with Queen Camilla at Charleston Festival (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus) Richard Osman secured the top spot for most donated fiction author, with his best-selling series ...