Book review: The Age of the Strongman
Gideon Rachman surveys the rise of the authoritarian leader but fails to give us a road map for strengthening liberalism.
Politics & Conflict
Hunting for Vakulenko
Ukrainian writers are being targeted by Russian forces. Their loved ones are left searching for the truth.
Fighting for the rights of future generations
Around the world, young people are suing their governments over the climate crisis.
Sri Lanka’s dream village
The protest site in Colombo helped remove one of Asia’s most powerful strongmen. The site may be destroyed, but its spirit lives on.
Q&A: Victoria Amelina
We talk to the Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina about the Russian assault on culture and its importance in times of conflict.
Sweden’s summer of hate
Sweden has long been seen as a tolerant nation – but the far right now holds unprecedented power. What happened?
Identity crisis in Northern Ireland?
For the first time in the history of Northern Ireland, Catholics outnumber Protestants, but perhaps the most significant change is the rise of people of no religion.
Women, life, freedom
The mass protests in Iran are a call for freedom and dignity. Sanctions on the morality police are not enough.
Book review: Outrageous
A new popular history of Section 28 and the struggle in Britain for LGBT rights is enlightening and surprisingly funny.
Book review: Rule, Nostalgia
Hannah Rose Woods asks us to see British history as it was, rather than what we imagined it might have been.