Culture

Warp-speed capitalism

The latest sci-fi imagines what society will look like if we colonise space – a universe in which might is right and there are no good guys.

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel's novel follows the fortunes of a group of African migrants trying to get to Europe.

It might be a preposterous story, but we are shaped by the Adam and Eve myth - as Stephen Greenblatt's latest book explains.

New Humanist's top 10 culture pieces this year.

Are we reaching the end of the post-World War II era in which Europe represented prosperity, peace and consensual problem-solving?

In our uncertain times, there is a new demand for stories of England – but this search is desperate and confused.

In "Priestdaddy", the poet Patricia Lockwood has written a hilarious and revealing account of growing up with a Roman Catholic priest for a dad.

There appears to be an old-fashioned backlash against any challenge to a lack of diversity in academia.

Daniel Dennett's latest book continues his quest to establish an evolutionary understanding of the mind.

People have kept diaries for centuries – and now they’re being reinvented for the era of social media. What purpose do they serve?