The Palestine solidarity movement loses credibility when it fails to condemn Hamas’s crimes. If we support Palestinians, we ...

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The great Buddha statue in Nha Trang, Vietnam by Petr Ruzicka On paper, Buddhism looks pretty good. It has a philosophical subtlety married to a stated devotion to tolerance that makes it stand out ...

In rallying in opposition to marriage reform, religious campaigners claim that their arguments are grounded in reason and common sense. But take a closer look and you'll spot the homophobia, says ...

Historian Jonathan Israel's magisterial three-volume history of the 'Radical Enlightenment' is the intellectual version of a JCB, ripping up the terrain around him. Kenan Malik follows him down the ...

The view that more information produces better decisions is at odds with the world around us.

Can the Integrated Education Act help to break the segregation of Catholic and Protestant education in Northern Ireland?

Pasolini’s shocking film, Salò, was banned in the UK for 25 years. But if we can’t laugh at it, we are missing the point.

We speak to Philip Lymbery about why back-to-basics regenerative farming would help feed the world's growing population and fight climate change The other form of producing alternative proteins is ...

Mycorrhizal fungi growing with a plant root. Credit: Dr Yoshihiro Kobae As Giuliana Furci picks her way through the dense, dripping greenery of Chile’s Patagonian forest, her keen eyes are seeking out ...