Exponential Abyss
Technology and waste.
Technology and waste.
On Canada’s Prime Minister.
The culture of Britain’s governing clique, elucidated by the trajectory of its right-wing intellectual weekly.
The dismal state of public transport in Britain, in comparative perspective – what of its political implications?
Vintage political analysis of the historical Jesus, by a long-standing comrade of the Review.
A rarely seen early version of a classic short story – Carter’s haunting reimagining of the Red Riding Hood fable.
Clues to the structural constraints of German politics, sought in the manoeuvrings of Merkel’s would-be successor, Markus Söder.
If dissimulation is integral to political discourse, what explains the rise – and sudden fall – of ‘fake news’ since 2017?
Trajectories for a darkening pink tide, with the continent’s unstable polities balanced atop its ailing extractivist economy.
Contra treatments of EndSARS as an African variant of Black Lives Matter, an overview of the movement in its national context.
Lofted by the press, the Labour leader’s bid to purge the left – and expel Corbyn – is running into trouble.
With Biden pledging to restore the ‘rules-based order’, Germany steps up its imperial manoeuvres, and Macron eyes a European Army.
As Cote D’Ivoire’s premier begins his unlawful third term with violence raging in the streets, an analysis of the neo-colonial interests that underpin his presidency.
Avant-garde documentarist Sergei Loznitsa assembles found Agfacolor footage of the USSR’s lurch into the post-Stalin era.
Six signs of breakdown.
Éric Hazan (1936-2024).
Imaginaries of the far right.
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