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It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture

Fears of a new Cultural Revolution are beginning to look justified as Xi Jinping advances the pace of control in China

From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?

Safety has supplanted liberty as the driving force of our political culture. This is a cul-de-sac for democracy

Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past

His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins

As white ethnic minorities fall in population share, their polarisation increases. We need a deeper conversation

Schooling underpinned by critical thinking is the bedrock of civilisation. It could save us from today’s infantilised discourse

Japan’s population shrinks by half a million every year. Is it already too late to reverse this decline?

The unpopular president’s reforms exposed a deep discontent. The response to the pandemic has made his problems worse