Culture

After being forced to leave Croatia in 1992 following her criticism of the nationalist regime, the writer and feminist Slavenka Drakulić set out to explain her homeland to a western public. She will be remembered for the moral wisdom and […]

Talking with atheists and religious minorities explodes the myth of a homogenous Islamic Republic of Iran. But secular views remain otherwise concealed – some parents hiding their convictions even from children, who may not understand the need to lie for

Contemporary India cinema depicts everyday lives improvising ways to overcome a divided society. A Hindu wearing a burqa to meet her Muslim lover becomes symbolic of personal contact surpassing fears of authority – a theme reflective of other cultures where

Palestinian historiography as struggle against erasure; a film about narrative and loss; Standing Together; debate as the first step to a renewed political imagination.

Darwin may have convincingly described the origin of species, but he was careful to avoid theorizing on life itself. Bold contemporaries meanwhile publicly pitted spontaneous generation, inspired by ‘the recipe for mice‘, with exhaustive experiments on broth. While Pasteur’s persistence

Військовий і поет — про віру, надію і любов у творчості й на лінії фронту

Winner of the prestigious Yuri Shevelov Prize for ‘Hemingway Knows Nothing’, Ukrainian soldier and writer Artur Dron’s relationships with literature and religion have already been tested to the max. In an interview with cultural journal ‘The Ukrainians’, he shares his

Winner of the prestigious Yuri Shevelov Prize for ‘Hemingway Knows Nothing’, Ukrainian soldier and writer Artur Dron’s relationships with literature and religion have already been tested to the max. In an interview with cultural journal ‘The Ukrainians’, he shares his

Which world power’s energy ‘strategy’ will determine our planetary future? Will America’s fossil fuel isolationism be the defining factor, exacerbated by its incoherent war in the Middle East, tipping global oil supplies into chaos? Or will China’s new-level efficiency in

The demonisation of mental illness; eugenics, disability and gender; age and (in)ability in socialist Bulgaria; family values and the identitarian right.