A neverending sentence
Britain’s approach to incarceration is coming under scrutiny. How did we get into this mess?
Politics & Conflict
What is the best way to tackle terrorism?
The controversy over Sara Khan's appointment as counter-extremism commissioner distracts from more fundamental questions.
In a word: referendum
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.
“The women of the past have traditionally been caricatured”
Q&A with Jane Robinson, author of "Hearts and Minds:The Untold Story of the Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote".
Who made the alt-right?
The emergence of a reactionary political current from the darkest corners of the internet provokes difficult questions about free speech.
Book review: The End of Europe
Are we reaching the end of the post-World War II era in which Europe represented prosperity, peace and consensual problem-solving?
If women ruled the world
The Mosuo, a culturally isolated community in south-western China, are as close as we can get to a matriarchal society.
Apocalyptic populism
From Donald Trump to Brexit, the establishment is under fierce attack. But political populism is not simply a challenge to the neoliberal order – it is a product of it.
A prophecy of violence
The persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims has shocked many in the West – because it shows that Buddhists are also capable of sectarian conflict.
Who’s afraid of diversity in education?
There appears to be an old-fashioned backlash against any challenge to a lack of diversity in academia.