Heritage
The Fate of Hagia Sophia
Will Hagia Sophia’s Christian heritage survive under President Erdoğan’s ‘neo-Ottoman’ vision?
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship