Anthropology
Castaneda the sorcerer
Hoaxer, fraud … prophet?
David Graeber (1961-2020)
A requiem for the radical anthropologist
Cry foal
Felipe Fernández-Armesto on food taboos and why the British won’t eat horsemeat
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Lebanonisation in the UK
Sectarianism, crackdowns and ethnic tension are becoming the new normal in the UK
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Britain isn’t the Balkans
The UK is not, despite heated rhetoric, on the brink of sectarian violence. But it is heading in the wrong direction
One small step for Jenrick…
…one giant disappointment for Mel Stride
