Jun 19, 2017 16:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
All the worlds a stage, Shakespeare once wrote. In recent weeks, that Shakespearean adage has been particularly resonant, with the New York Public Theaters production of Julius Caesar attracting worldwide scrutiny...
Surprising ways to beat anxiety and become mentally strong – according to science
Jun 19, 2017 15:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Do you have anxiety? Have you tried just about everything to get over it, but it just keeps coming back? Perhaps you thought you had got over it, only for the symptoms to return with a vengeance? Whatever your...
Academics fear the value of knowledge for it's own sake is diminishing
Jun 19, 2017 15:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
A climate of anti-intellectualism, faltering levels of trust in experts and an era of post-truth provides a rather dreary depiction of the state of academia today. Compound this with the reorganisation of higher...
Mexico's corruption problems are still among the world's deepest
Jun 19, 2017 15:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Mexico has struggled with corruption for a long, long time, but recent events indicate that the situation is now at a truly intolerable pitch. This spring, two fugitive state governors were arrested in a joint operation...
Do happy faces or sad faces raise more money? It depends
Jun 19, 2017 15:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
To encourage giving, many charities that serve people in need use photos depicting either happy people or sad ones in their pitches. These pictures symbolize the people who will benefit from donations made in response to...
Brexit and weak government: a drama lesson from the Greece economy
Jun 19, 2017 15:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The UK is not the first country to stand on the brink of leaving the EU. It may enjoy a far bigger and more productive economy than Greece, but there are alarming structural similarities between the two economies that cant...
How to protect 4.5m people from becoming Brexit bargaining chips
Jun 19, 2017 15:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Both the EU and the UK have repeatedly stated that they want to secure the rights of the 3m EU citizens in the UK and the 1.5m British citizens in the EU as they negotiate their separation. But those rights have still...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight