Novara Media’s Best Books of 2025 From a must-read account of China’s rise to a guide to imaginative time travel – here at Novara Media, we’ve read it all. Aaron Bastani, Rivkah Brown and Steven Methven each share their top three picks of the year. Aaron Bastani, Novara Media co-founder and contributing editor. Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future, by […] https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/23/novara-medias-best-books-of-2025/

Some Tate Workers’ Salaries Are Less Than Their Directors’ Bonuses [A group of people hold placards outside of a neo-classical building]In November and December, over 150 workers for Tate went on strike. Outside three of Tate’s four galleries – Britain, Modern, Liverpool and St Ives, as well as workers at Tate Stores, which houses Tate’s collection of artworks – the workers held picket lines, waving placards that said ‘Want minimalism? Look at our pay!’ The […] https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/23/some-tate-workers-salaries-are-less-than-their-directors-bonuses/

‘Obsessed’ Reform Candidate Calls for Arrest of British Journalist Over Gaza Reporting [Rear admiral Dr Chris Parry, Reform UK's candidate for the Hampshire and Solent mayoral election.]Reform UK’s candidate for Hampshire mayor called for a British investigative journalist who exposed key elements of the UK’s role in the Gaza genocide to be arrested for “incitement to violence”. In ‘obsessive’ and ‘unhinged’ posts on social media, former senior Royal Navy officer and current Times Radio podcast co-host Dr Chris Parry called Matt […] https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/23/obsessed-reform-candidate-calls-for-arrest-of-british-journalist-over-gaza-reporting/

94: Resentment, Hostility, Scarcity… Is This Modern Dating? W/ Jordan Stephens Ash and Moya are joined by author, musician and podcaster Jordan Stephens to talk about changing attitudes to gender, dating and relationships. Are we regressing into essentialist ideas of gender? Is having a boyfriend embarrassing? Plus: advice for a disappointed wife – with help from our audience. Recorded live at EartH in East London on […] https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/23/94-resentment-hostility-scarcity-is-this-modern-dating-w-jordan-stephens/

2025: the Year Labour Died? 2025 has been a rough year for Keir Starmer’s Labour, but was it enough to destroy the party? Plus: A fake AI Yanis Varoufakis is going viral, and Bernie Sanders has a message for the tech oligarchs. With Michael Walker & NoJusticeMTG. https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/19/2025-the-year-labour-died/

Keir Starmer’s Government Is Leaving the Hunger Strikers to Die [A protester holds a picture of Teuta ‘T’ Hoxha during a demonstration outside the Department of Health in solidarity with pro-Palestine activists who are on hunger strike in prison, 17 December 2025, London, England. Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire]By the standards of even the most forgiving and lenient Santa, it can’t be said that Keir Starmer’s government has been good this year. We’ve seen a manifesto-breaching budget that was leaked ahead of time, embarrassing U-turns on scrapping the two-child benefit cap, welfare reform and cutting pensioners’ winter fuel payments, and bursts of vicious […] https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/19/keir-starmers-government-is-leaving-the-hunger-strikers-to-die/

Doctor ‘Strangled’ by Police Officer Until She Passed Out at Hunger Strike Protest [Dr Olivia Brandon being dragged by her hood at a protest for the hunger strikers outside HMP Bronzefield on Wednesday 17 December. Image: X/@revoltinghippie]A police officer at a protest for the Palestine Action hunger strikers strangled a doctor until she passed out by dragging her by the back of her hoodie, the doctor has told Novara Media. Dr Olivia Brandon was among several medical professionals who gathered with other supporters outside HMP Bronzefield on Wednesday 17 December to […] https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/19/doctor-strangled-by-police-officer-until-she-passed-out-at-hunger-strike-protest/

Putin Threatens Retaliation Over Frozen Russian Assets Moscow has threatened to retaliate against Western companies over the EU’s move to freeze Russian assets indefinitely, promising a harsh response if those funds are used to support Ukraine. Plus: Two protestors have been arrested on suspicion of chanting “globalise the Intifada”, and Trump’s chief of staff has given a tell-all interview on the chaos […] https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/18/putin-threatens-retaliation-over-frozen-russian-assets/

Meet the YouTubers Terrorising Britain for Clicks In Sheffield city centre, a man is stumbling around near a bus stop, apparently in a drug induced stupor. For YouTuber Curtis Arnold, AKA DJE Media, the man’s vulnerable state is an invitation to film. “This guy is completely gone … let’s get a bit closer to get some of this audio,” Arnold says, moving […] https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/18/meet-the-youtubers-terrorising-britain-for-clicks/

Keir Starmer Says “Don’t Abandon Patients” As Doctor Five-Day Strikes Begin Starmer calls The Doctor strikes “Utterly irresponsible” Plus: Former Labour elected Mayor Jamie Driscoll joins the Greens, yet ANOTHER bad day for Keir Starmer, and GMP vow to clamp down even more on Pro-Palestine protesters. With: Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar, Dr Thomas Cheliotis-James & Jamie Driscoll https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/17/keir-starmer-says-dont-abandon-patients-as-doctor-five-day-strikes-begin/