Book review: Strange Rites
In 'Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World', Tara Burton describes how Americans are improvising new systems of belief.
Mind, Body & Life
Book review: Blue Ticket
Sophie Mackintosh’s new novel continues a rich tradition of provocative feminist dystopias.
Stop talking about loneliness
The pandemic has accelerated a trend ongoing for centuries. Let’s call it what it is: alienation.
Hope and the humble bicycle
The bicycle has long been linked to historical moments of social change. Will the pandemic boom in cycling prove revolutionary?
I’m a new man
"My body was gaining strength and vitality and, it has to be said, a certain beauty..."
“Vaccine deniers aren’t ignorant”
Q&A with Jonathan M. Berman, author of "Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement".
Eyes on the ball
When the pandemic brought sport to a standstill, we realised that what we loved was more than the game
Anti-natalism is global and growing
The decision to not have kids on ethical grounds is no longer a fringe, Western trend
Welcome to the productivity prison
Working from home increasingly means accepting intrusive forms of AI surveillance. But these systems are troublingly unscientific and unethical.
Q&A: Tom Oliver
Is the individual self an illusion?