Africa
The forgotten heroes of the Fourth Plinth
A thoughtful artwork that highlights the complex history of anti-colonalism in Africa
The F-word returns
Millions are at risk in Africa
How the world turns a blind eye to African slavery
Investigating the slave-owners of the Sahara, where more than 100,000 people were born into inherited captivity
In Darwin’s dreamland
A two-year stint on an island in Lake Victoria makes for a poignant and memorable memoir
Plains of plenty
The Masai Mara has defied gloomy predictions of decline and still supports a thriving ecosystem as rich as it ever was
Dawning continent
The West has underestimated Africa’s independent economic potential
The “Scramble for Africa”
Was the “Scramble for Africa” in the late nineteenth century strategically planned?
To catch a culture thief
A vast global market in stolen and forged art and artefacts has only grown in the context of the pandemic, but technology and international policing may be catching up
Inside Ethiopia’s civil wars
Abiy Ahmed has joined the long list of Africa’s “democrats” who became dictators
Out of Africa
To get a handle on African cinema, watch Mandabi
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
