Tom Clark

A dozen years into austerity, statistical warning lights are flashing to suggest a return to types of deprivation that we once imagined we had consigned to the history books. The official count of rough sleepers has doubled, recorded malnutrition in hospital patients has tripled, and dependence on foodbanks has rocketed by an order of magnitude. Amid rising prices and falling...

Paranormal Britain is the most systematic study available of the nature and scope of paranormal beliefs, experiences, and subcultures in contemporary Britain. Using original survey data from British citizens regarding their beliefs and experiences with UFOs, ghosts, psychics, and other paranormal phenomena, this open access book details the prevalence and patterns of paranormalism in the U.K. In addition to presenting...

Drawing on collaborative research from a distinguished team at Harvard and Manchester universities, The Age of Obama asks how two very different societies are responding to the tide of diversity that is being felt around the rich world. Guardian journalist Tom Clark, Robert D. Putnam—best-selling author of Bowling Alone—and Manchester's Edward Fieldhouse offer a wonderfully readable account. Like Bowling Alone,...