A bird-lover’s lament
Patrick Galbraith’s debut offers a quirkily enjoyable journey through a netherworldly Britain
The Good Friday Agreement is in peril
24 years on the treaty may be on the verge of collapse
Beauties and the beasts
Our urge to anthropomorphise animals obscures the fact that we are all part of the same complex ecosystem
The brave new world of Swedish education
What is “post-truth” schooling?
UN-welcome in Ukraine?
Prevaricating UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is finally flying to Kiev — but is it too late?
Studio: Victorian architecture in Ulster
The undiscovered 19th century wonders of Northern Ireland
How do we deal with war crime?
The horrors of Bucha have reminded us that humans are capable of evil on a huge scale
A real world of consciousness
Communism in Poland was brought down by an underground network of learning, journalism and culture that flourished in defiance of state control
Some very healthy early music canaries
Helen Charlston & Toby Carr; Siglo de Oro (LFBM, St John’s, Smith Sq)
The Great Vladsby
Like Gatsby, Putin’s self-destructive nostalgia will be his undoing
Good and evil on the new frontier
Our current ethical guidelines are hopelessly inadequate for a new era of unimaginable technological change
The People’s Republic of Worcester College
A student dares to cross the red quad and speak out about a shoddy show trial