Opinion


Upon a White Horse

Review: Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross

Shafik Meghji reviews Upon A White Horse, a fascinating book uncovering ancient monuments and sites across the UK and Ireland…

Oasis sign

How Oasis’s music transcends time & place

ByAndrew BrooksOct 9, 2025

From Motown to Britpop, music has the power to turn a city into a global landmark. In Manchester, Oasis continue…

Cambodia Thailand flag

How a disputed map fuels longstanding feud between Cambodia & Thailand

ByTim MarshallAug 29, 2025
A centuries- old temple, a disputed map and a border still bristling with tension...
signpost of gap year and university

Closing doors – how rising costs and politics are curbing student travel

ByAndrew BrooksAug 22, 2025
Fewer undergraduates are taking gap years – but it doesn’t have to be that way. We need a reinvention, not a rejection, of student travel
Earth from space

Why is our planet so important?

ByMarco MagriniAug 19, 2025
If the Earth is the sole outpost of awareness in the cosmos, our stewardship isn’t optional – it’s essential
Artwork of Russian flag and stocks and stacks of money

Russian sanctions backfire as Putin profits from war economy

Designed to topple a regime, sanctions have helped build a fortress economy where loyalty is rewarded and dissent crushed – consolidating Putin’s power.Antonio Graceffo reports
The bias of balance: net zero, denial and political spin

The bias of balance: net zero, denial and political spin

ByAndrew BrooksJul 24, 2025
From climate change to Gaza, the pursuit of ‘balance’ often misleads rather than informs, warns Andrew Brooks
Eighty per cent of Finns say that they are happy to help with national defence

Time for Britain to show some sisu

ByTim MarshallJul 10, 2025

Tim Marshall argues it’s time for the UK to consider Finland’s model for national preparedness The UK needs to rediscover…

We need a Global Climate Club – and we need it now

We need a Global Climate Club – and we need it now

Patrick Brown lays out a vision for a Global Climate Club – and why the world can no longer afford to wait for the USA to catch up
An elderly woman rides a tractor in the countryside

Beyond the farmer’s wife: unpacking gendered spaces

ByAndrew BrooksJun 29, 2025
From Scottish tractors to Senegalese rice fields, Andrew Brooks traces how outdated labels still frame women’s work and men’s status across global landscapes
digital art of the world on a cliff edge

Not just climate: the threats combining to destroy our planet

ByLogan GourlayJun 19, 2025
Marco Magrini argues we’re not facing multiple crises – just a single, dangerously interlinked emergency
Desperate children plead for food in Gaza

UK Report Warns Humanitarian Law Is Being ‘Hollowed Out’ Amid Rising Global Crises

Cuts to aid and politicisation of relief undermine safety, access, and accountability in conflict zones The International Development Committee’s latest…

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