A country on the slide

Contempt for democracy and the perversion of classical liberalism

At the bottom of Cardiff ’s Queen Street, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan stands rendered in bronze, his far-seeing gaze unbroken by shoppers and seagulls. The statue is a tribute to the Labour politician who man

Why has political change been so difficult to achieve in the Middle East, and why has the region reached this low point in its 100 years history? The people of the region have been systemically denied

He is now 83. Asthma winds him a little as he makes his way to sit down and recover his breath. But once Neil Kinnock starts talking, his voice resonates as if he were still Labour leader, addressing

Political polarization and the crisis in higher education

SPIRITS MAFALDA QUINO Translated by Frank Wynne ...