The UK’s solution to biodiversity loss is to outsource habitat destruction
Over three centuries, the UK has destroyed much of its native wildlife. But instead of fixing the problem, it has exported it.
Politics & Conflict
Book review: The Republic of False Truths
Alaa Al Aswany's new novel explores the turbulence, personal and political, of Egypt's 2011 revolution and its aftermath.
Book review: Fallen Idols
Statues in of themselves may not teach us much, but the disputes around them do, a new book argues.
The battle for Bangladesh
Fifty years after independence, a nation founded on secular principles is still grappling with religious extremism.
Book review: Places of Mind
A new biography of Edward Said illuminates the late thinker's enduring relevance, nearly two decades on from his death.
Afghan refugees in Europe: what “moral duty”?
When it comes to Afghanistan, the UK and EU have long favoured realpolitik over humanitarian values.
Why is an anti-homophobia bill being fought by the Vatican?
A bill that would punish violence against LGBT people has kicked up a storm between the Italian state and the Catholic Church. We should be questioning why the Vatican holds…
Book review: Worldmaking After Empire
Adom Getatchew looks back at the African and Caribbean anticolonialists whose ambitions didn't stop at the nation-state.
The rise of the truth industry
Hundreds of fact-checking organisations have mushroomed over the last decade. Can they succeed in holding back the tide of disinformation?
Lessons from Britain’s first atheist MP
With our tradition of liberty under threat, modern Britain has much to learn from the legacy of Charles Bradlaugh, the "bellowing blasphemer".