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Hard Evidence – more data, less media spin

The BBC is biased, right? Almost everyone in the UK has a view on this, from right-wing columnists in London to Yes campaigners in Scotland to disgruntled Greens in Brighton. It’s a debate as old as the…

The off-topic Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know…

Community highlights: morality and maths

Another week, another few hundred comments posted to The Conversation – and only 70% of them about Tony Abbott. I search through the other 30% to bring you some of the comment I enjoyed reading the most…

Community highlights: poetry and imagination

This week was our community council’s first in operation. While that means for me the best posts this week were those you didn’t see, that doesn’t mean we can’t highlight a few you might have. Sometimes…

Introducing our community council

A few weeks ago we mentioned we were putting together a Community Council. It’s launching today. What is it? The Community Council is a group of academics and readers who will help us moderate the site…

Community Council: guidelines for members

What is it The Community Council is a group of authors and readers who help moderate the site in line with our community standards, as well as encourage interesting discussion. In short, helping make the…

Kicking off with the World Cup

Today, at the Arena de Sao Paulo, the world’s most successful football team will kick off against Croatia to launch its first World Cup on home soil for more than 60 years. The Brazil of 2014 could not…

Community highlights – debt, sport and politics

Even the most dedicated Conversation reader will miss the occasional comment. That’s why we put together Community Highlights posts – a list of comments that have caught our eye in the past week. Did we…

Two new changes to comments

Those regular commenters out there may have spotted two small – but important – changes we’ve recently made around comments. 1. New reporting options You now have three new options when reporting posts…