In the first of a series of monthly posts on Huffington Post, Lynne Featherstone outlines the case for changing perceptions of body image, and the success of the campaign so far: Every day people are confronted with images of the ‘perfect’ body that just don’t reflect the diverse society we live in. These unrealistic images

The Tory party and its leader are much more popular with men - hence the recent attempts to soften David Cameron's image. James Kirkup reports.

There’s no prize at stake – just the opportunity to prove you’re wittier than any other LDV reader… (Image from The Guardian.) Here’s Labour top two Eds — the party leader and shadow chancellor — pictured in their salad days, Spadding for the Blair/Brown government. What do you think might be being said or thought

The image of Lord Mandelson, naked save for his pants, being thrashed with twigs has put me off a pleasurable pastime, admits Bryony Gordon.

This week's Spectator cover has achieved a rare distinction: it's going to be hung up on the wall chez Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper. Or at least that's what the shadow chancellor told Sky's Jon Craig when quizzed about it earlier. You can see the cover image itself, by Stephen Collins, to the left. And below are a few extracts from the article by Melissa Kite that it illustrates....

A woman living with Tourette's told Radio 5 live that David Cameron was promoting a' negative image of disability'.

Scottish Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and MP for East Dunbartonshire Jo Swinson, has again urged advertisers and retailers to use models covering a diverse of sizes, ages and shapes in their advertising and media campaigns to reflect the reality of different body shapes and to promote healthy body image. Co-founder of the Campaign for Body Confidence, Jo is

Ed Miliband has spoken of his longing to be free of his party's image makers so he can wear "big glasses and nasty jumpers".

Just a thought, a near random one. When it’s men puffing out their chests, doing the peacock strut, this is macho and bad. When it’s women thinking about their titties this is a terribly important matter of body image. Why is it that exactly the same thing, standard gender behaviour, is good when done by

Civil servants in the EU institutions are struggling to defend their image in the face of growing pressures to cut pay and increase working time. In response, trade unions have made their own proposals for savings as part of the Europe-wide austerity drive. More »