Mike Wells
Mike Wells is a photographer whose portfolio includes comprehensive coverage of Nigeria in the 1970s. His “Hands” photo drew international attention to the Karamoja famine in Uganda and won the 1981 World Press Photo competition
What future for Benin’s bronzes?
Proponents of repatriation of the remarkable sculptures have shown scant regard to Nigeria’s endemic corruption and the fate of bronzes already sent back to Africa
Iain Banks: a double life
His disturbing debut, The Wasp Factory, is being reissued this year
Anarchy in the UK
Until the Siege of Sidney Street, anarchism had been tolerated in England
Our attitude towards MPs is inconsistent
We hate career politicians, but we want politicians to focus entirely on their career
War, peace, and architecture in Munster
A welcome if flawed history of Irish architecture
School’s out forever
British universities are in an unsustainable state of overexpansion, and taxpayers can’t be expected to keep footing the bill
Having a bad Bey
If you’re going to jettison the essence of the song, why even bother?
Old man shouts at Trump
The US Presidential debate was a tragicomic spectacle
It’s our party and we’ll cry if we want to
Women face grim choices in the forthcoming election
Doing something can be worse than doing nothing
The Gaza pier and the failings of a “do something” foreign policy
Bedazzling
Nigel Farage takes centre stage and everyone else is sidelined