There may not be a Christian revival, but Britain’s traditional churches aren’t doomedLinda Woodhead, King's College London
It’s not just gen Z – older adults need help spotting online misinformation tooHolly Barnett, Lancaster University
What the government’s plan for social cohesion gets wrong about community divisionAdam Coutts, University of Cambridge
Golders Green ambulance attack: how this part of London became a home for JewsTony Kushner, University of Southampton
BBC gets a new director general: how others have fared in the hardest job in UK mediaSimon Potter, University of Bristol
Matt Brittin: BBC’s new director general appointed at an existential moment for the broadcasterSteven Barnett, University of Westminster
Why ‘deaths of despair’ are higher in former coal mining communitiesChristopher Saville, Bangor University
Why so many victims don’t realise they have been raped until laterAndrea Hollomotz, University of Leeds
Jürgen Habermas: a philosopher whose hopes for a better future are more important than everSusan Smith, University of Cambridge
Will ending short prison sentences fix prison overcrowding? What an expert thinksJake Phillips, University of Cambridge
What to expect next from the ‘special relationship’ as Trump again lashes out at Keir StarmerStephen Marsh, Cardiff University
Syrian ex-colonel faces crimes against humanity charges in landmark case for UK – expert explainsRossella Pulvirenti, Manchester Metropolitan University
To win freedom from Trump’s America, Europe needs to overcome its ‘downward coping syndrome’Richard Youngs, University of Warwick
Taking Churchill off the banknote isn’t ‘erasing history’ – but it is a matter of identityDavid Lewis Thomas, University of Sussex
Inside the Manosphere: Louis Theroux opts for superficial spectacle over serious scrutinyAnnabel Hoare, Anglia Ruskin University
The relentless cycle of violent news is leading to trauma for journalists, even those not in war zonesRichard Sambrook, Cardiff University
Can Wales’ wellbeing law survive the pressures of the next Senedd election?Lowri Sian Wilkie, Swansea University; Andrew H Kemp, Swansea University, and Zoe Fisher, Swansea University
Nigel Farage attacks YouGov over low polling figures – but Reform’s support is dropping across the boardPaul Whiteley, University of Essex
Home secretary says asylum overhaul is rooted in ‘Labour values’ – what are those values?Erica Consterdine, Lancaster University
Feel like you’re in a funk? Here’s what you can do to get out of it – and how you can prevent it from happening in the futureJolanta Burke, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
How to get control of your timeBoróka Bó, University College Dublin and Kamila Kolpashnikova, Western University
The hubris arc: how visionary politicians turn into authoritariansTrang Chu, University of Oxford and Tim Morris, University of Oxford
How domestic abusers use emotional bonding to control their victims – new studyMags Lesiak, University of Cambridge
Politics has always been a game – but why does it now feel like we’re being cheated?Tim Beasley-Murray, UCL
What interviews with ordinary Germans living under the Nazis can teach us about our current politicsMelissa Butcher, Royal Holloway, University of London
Why women have to queue for the toilet – and what it says about how cities are designedBelen Martinez, Sheffield Hallam University
Women are three times as likely as men to feel unsafe in parks – here’s how we can design them betterAnna Barker, University of Leeds; Jennie Gray, University of Leeds, and Vikki Houlden, University of Leeds
Five ways you might already encounter AI in cities (and not realise it)Noortje Marres, University of Warwick
