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  • Book review: Witcraft

    Jonathan Rée's new book is a fascinating history of how philosophy entered and developed within the English language.

  • What 1984 tells us about truth

    The way we discuss George Orwell’s dystopian classic 1984 says as much about the politics of our age as the novel itself.

  • Fighting for the future

    Asteroid mining, synthetic meat, surrogacy – a slew of radical thinkers envisage brave new worlds. But can we get there?

  • A woman’s scorn

    In the age of Trump and #MeToo comes a timely challenge to the idea that female anger is irrational.

  • Confronting the legacy of the Troubles

    In Derry, the peacewalls are still standing, and state papers still classified. What hope for peace in the age of Brexit?

  • Iran showed me what we have lost

    It’s easy to be sentimental as an outsider about traditional bazaar shopping. But at its heart is social connection.

  • Book review: Manchester Happened

    Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's collection of short stories delves into the lives of Ugandans in England.

  • Ancient hospitality

    Is the Homeric concept of xenia – generosity to strangers – the best tonic for the rise of right-wing populism?

  • Race to the future

    Transcending its many divisions and tracing a fraught history, can the Beirut marathon bring the city together?

  • How Welsh culture learned to assert itself

    For too long trapped between romantic nostalgia and post-industrial gloom, Welsh culture is finally challenging its clichés.