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What is ‘definition-stretching’ and how does it work? Newcastle Politics in Pubs member Phil Miles will introduce his new book […]

Newcastle - Rubber Meanings: a definition-stretch too far?

14 April 2026

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March’s PiPs debate was introduced by our very own regular, Ralph Tatt, who skilfully guided us through the many intricacies […]

Newcastle - Chagos: Security, Sovereignty, and the Price of Political Gesture

17 March 2026

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February’s Newcastle PiPs was introduced by Dr Kyriakos Kotsoglou, Associate Professor in Law at Northumbria University. Kyri has an academic […]

Newcastle - Public Health Approaches in Policing

3 February 2026

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Our January meeting was an open discussion of events of the past year. Inevitably, the Gaza war was debated, specifically […]

Newcastle - Looking back, planning ahead...

6 January 2026

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Digital IDs have repeatedly been presented by successive governments as a modern solution to streamlining access to services and combatting […]

Newcastle - Digital ID: modern solution or state overreach?

9 December 2025

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This month’s Newcastle PiPs explored the complex topic of psychopathy, introduced by PiPs regular Beryl Hylton Downing. Beryl drew together […]

Newcastle - Psychopaths: Mad or Bad or something else?

4 November 2025

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It’s difficult to know whether trade unions are part of the problem or part of the solution these days. Many […]

Newcastle - Today’s Trade Unions: Whose side are they on? - with Hilary Salt

7 October 2025

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Have we faced the truth about the Grooming Gangs scandal, which has subjected thousands of girls to abuse? What could […]

Newcastle - INTERROGATING THE GROOMING GANGS SCANDAL

16 September 2025

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In June we welcomed Ben Elks of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, a grassroots organisation dedicated to resisting wasteful spending and overreach […]

Newcastle - From Anger to Action: Holding Power to Account

10 June 2025

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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – known as the Assisted Dying Bill – reached the committee stage […]

Newcastle - Assisted Dying: what's happening in Parliament?

13 May 2025

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Linzi Smith was banned from attending football matches, interviewed by the police and subjected to a sinister private investigation, all […]

Newcastle - Banned from the Stand! - an evening with Linzi Smith

8 April 2025

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This month’s PiPs addressed Freedom of Speech and was hosted with Academics for Academic Freedom (AFAF), featuring an introduction and […]

Newcastle - A defence of free speech: no ifs, no buts - by Dennis Hayes

27 February 2025

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