Francis Fukuyama: We could be facing the end of “the end of history”
The American political theorist discusses what the Ukraine war means for the future of liberal democracy.
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Why Thomas Piketty is optimistic about the left’s future
The French economist on his new book, the living standards crisis and why the “historical movement towards equality” will continue.
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“Darwin’s cultural bias was laced into his science”: Lucy Cooke on why evolutionary biology needs feminism
In her new book Bitch, the zoologist re-evaluates the myth of female submission in the animal kingdom.
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“I’m the patron saint of the dumped”: Florence Williams on the science of heartbreak
Being heartbroken can have a devastating effect on our physical as well as mental health. In her new book, the…
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Lee Schofield on how farming needs to re-wiggle its approach to nature
In the face of accusations of a “sheep-wrecked” countryside, a Lake District rewilding project is bringing conservation and farming together.
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“I’ve faced my biggest fear. So why worry?”: Wendy Mitchell on living in the moment with young-onset dementia
The memoirist and blogger on how her outlook on life has changed since she was diagnosed in her fifties.
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“Men are trapped in a gender prison”: Ivan Jablonka on the crisis of modern masculinity
Observing that many men are resistant to social change, the French historian wants to reimagine the cultures and norms that…
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Iceland’s prime minister: “My opposition to Nato has not changed”
Katrín Jakobsdóttir on the rebirth of the Nordic left.
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