Meet me in the metaverse
As our lives become ever more digital, how do we untangle “real” experiences from virtual ones – and should we?
Culture
Re-imagining the Second World War
The new galleries at the Imperial War Museum put the experiences of civilians front and centre.
From Sophocles to “Succession”, we’ve always loved family sagas
The deliciously cruel television drama "Succession" has spawned a renaissance of family sagas. But how relatable are they?
Book review: Race for Tomorrow and We Have a Dream
Spanning the globe and amplifying young and Indigenous voices, two new books ask us to rethink the climate crisis.
Michael Ignatieff and the redemptive power of consolation
The writer and historian Michael Ignatieff's new book, "On Consolation", asks whether the search for consolation has come to define the worth of human life.
Leaving Lviv
An Irish writer reflects on fleeing his home in Ukraine.
Gods of the green fields
Marcelo Bielsa, a manager once hailed as "God", has been sacked from Leeds United. When it comes to faith in football, the history of leadership at the club has lessons…
Will the cyborgs soon rise up?
Australian scientists have taught brain cells in a petri dish to play Pong. Is humanity doomed?
Talking to the future: New Humanist spring 2022 is out now
Out now – featuring Alice Bell on climate action gone wrong, Brett Scott on the war on cash, Semmi W. on biotech and stolen cells and Carl Rhodes on woke…
Book Review: Exhumation
Leena Dhingra's new book, which is part memoir, part history, explores the life and death of an Indian revolutionary.