What is the biggest problem? Insufficient love in the world. A failing sense of justice. Certain individuals think they can impose their will on people. They think reality can be manipulated. But ...

It has been known for a long time that Russia poses a threat to Europe—first and foremost to countries in the north and east, starting with Ukraine, but also beyond. It has been known that Vladimir ...

The obsessives tally 18 Beatles songs mentioning “sun” or “sunshine”. That fits with their luminous place in the national story: a burst of colour and sound that presaged the passing of postwar ...

Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII, Edward VI and, fatally, Mary I, may have lived at a time of extreme political volatility but, according to religious historian Owen Chadwick, ...

Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga joins Ellen and Alona to discuss political attacks on American history, the challenges facing academia in the UK—and how future generations will view England’s ...

Sticking plaster politics and the sticky realities of the housing crisis ...

Don’t Google “April Fool’s Day sucks” today. Swathes of haters come for the calendar’s number one prankster every year without fail, arguing that the day is unfunny, doesn’t serve any purpose and only ...

“Look at these pictures carefully, and you will see what happened in Darfur.” On the back of a wrinkled drawing, encased in an acid-proof pocket, a child has left a handwritten message. Mohammed ...

In my village there’s a beautiful, tiny old church that dates to the 13th century. Its chalk-white wooden ceilings are adorned with red flowers, a gift to all those who lift their heads in wonder. It ...

As American political chaos radiates around the globe, it is tempting to label Donald Trump a nihilist—an authoritarian devoid of values, trashing all that he can in a primal bid for dominance. This ...

The Ideological Brain leads with an account of an experiment that is worth reiterating. It’s called the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and it shows its participants a selection of cards on a screen. All ...

One of the biggest TV shows on Earth at the moment is a show that, in all likelihood, you’ve never even heard of. It’s called The Chosen and it’s a dramatisation of the life of Jesus Christ. Although ...