Politics & Conflict

Book review: City Like Water

Dorothy Tse's latest novella contains careful clues to real events in Hong Kong’s recent past

Exiled Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran offers a series of letters to those who, for whatever reason, are displaced

Looking back at the early 20th century helps us to navigate our own tumultuous times

The latest from Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses

Nick Lowles of Hope Not Hate says we need our political leaders to defend Britain’s multicultural society

Each issue, we highlight a reason to be cheerful in our "Breakthroughs" column. This time, it's the Renters' Rights Act

Jason Burke's history of "the extremists who hijacked the 1970s" is a rollicking tale – but also a cautionary fable

Authors Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe explore why poetry is such a powerful political force in Myanmar

We asked people standing up for free thought and reason around the world how to defend the truth

Online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer