Four reasons why listicles and clickbait are killing real journalism

Oct 25, 2016 11:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

In July 2016, the Croydon Advertiser a 123-year-old newspaper published two lookalike stories on facing pages. Headlined 13 things youll know if you are a Southern rail passenger and 9 things you didnt know about...

Migrant Crisis Series

As the Calais camp is demolished, a hidden crisis continues for refugees living in squalor

Oct 25, 2016 11:25 am UTC| Insights & Views

Among the detritus of the squalid Calais camp lie empty tear gas shells, recently fired by the police. They signify the physical violence that some refugees will suffer in the coming days as the so-called Jungle is...

Theresa May has a very special technique for avoiding questions

Oct 25, 2016 11:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

British prime minister Theresa May notoriously kept quiet about her position on membership of the EU ahead of the June referendum, avoiding coming down on either side of the debate. Arguably, her sphinx-like stance was a...

To keep older people active, pedestrian accessibility must improve

Oct 25, 2016 11:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

At the Habitat III conference in Quito, the foundation of the Federation Internationale de lAutomobile called for a children-first approach when designing the worlds roads with pedestrians in mind. But there is another...

Migrant Crisis Series

After the Calais Jungle: is there a long-term solution? Views from France and Britain

Oct 25, 2016 10:40 am UTC| Insights & Views

Ever since the French president François Hollande went to Calais in late September 2016 and promised that the migrant camp on its outskirts, known as the Jungle, would be dismantled, its residents have been...

FxWirePro: Prefer EUR/NOK shorts over GBP/NOK ahead of harder Brexit politics

Oct 24, 2016 12:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Initiating shorts in GBPNOK seems less attractive ahead of the Conservative party conference on the growing indications that the government would seek to prioritize migration in its negotiations with the EU and so deliver...

Eurozone's strong PMI reading stokes expectations of robust Q4, could fuel speculation of ECB taper

Oct 24, 2016 12:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Eurozone flash PMI data released earlier today showed that suggested that the regions economic recovery strengthened over the course of October. IHS Markits purchasing managers index (PMI) used by the European Central Bank...