Bangladesh’s student revolution unleashed chaos and sectarian violence. Can the coming elections renew its democracy?

As white Christian nationalists seek to reshape the United States, we hear from the frontlines of the resistance ...

It’s been a month or two since we got back. Out dog walking, I bumped into one of my neighbours who had been on the trip.

Palestinian literature is going through a very exciting juncture. There are so many new voices coming out. It’s like a dam is ...

Is there a narcissist in your life? It’s the question posed time and again across countless books, websites and social media posts. How to spot a narcissist, how to handle them, what they want – the ...

Surging demand for lithium is driven by electric vehicle adoption and net-zero pledges. Image credit: Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz / CC 4.0 As the world pivots toward decarbonisation, interest in lithium ...

My country, the United States, is quite religious, making it an outlier within the developed world. Generally, in nations where wealth and prosperity increase, piety decreases, but we Americans ...

Not long ago, religion seemed to be in terminal decline. But, as Paul Seabright points out in his impressive new book, it is now going from strength to strength. Local cults or “ethno-religions” may ...

Technology is enabling us to retreat from the outside world. But we should resist the urge – for ourselves and for each other Patrons outside a busy pub in the Yorkshire Dales. Credit: Alamy There ...