How Mexico City slashed pollution levels by half
Mexico’s capital used to be the most polluted city in the world. Pierre-Marc René explains how it turned its fortune around.
The Theater of Peter Brook
Geoffrey Heptonstall on the unique talent and genius of theater director Peter Brook, from his early ground-breaking productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Conference of the Birds up to the uncluttered simplicity of his latest work.
Sailing the Southern Hemisphere
Following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, our expedition took us from the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) to the spectacular land and seascapes of Tierra del Fuego.
Negative rates, negative reactions
Mark Cliffe, Chief Economist of the ING Group explains that as doubts grow about the effectiveness of quantitative easing, monetary policymakers are leaning towards cutting interest rates further into negative territory as their preferred mode of easing.
“Tram 83” by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s debut novel, a critique of neocolonialism is taking Africa and the world by storm. His nightmarish jazzy vision is peopled with poets, whores, pimps and post-marxist capitalists.
Nationalism Fever Strikes India
The debate in India about ‘nationalism’ or ‘anti-nationalism’ is essentially between the pro and anti-Modi forces. “When a society is in a state of frenzy, words acquire different meanings. “Intolerance” becomes a word of abuse against the Prime Minister. “Freedom of expression” signifies anti-nationalism.”
How a Little Pink Flower Defeated a World Superpower
The US must stop talking about sending the next wave of troops to Afghanistan, and tackle the country’s dependence on illicit opium instead.
Europe is our battlefield
We must fight for the continental union we need. Opportunities like this rarely come around. We have to seize it. We don’t have much time. Europe is our battlefield. We cannot leave it to our enemies.
A realignment of Irish politics
On February 26 the Irish people take to the polls for the first general election since 2011. Support for Sinn Féin has surged from 9.9% in 2011 to as high as 19.5% but Ireland has not seen the attraction of radical, populist, anti-establishment, and Euro-sceptic parties like elsewhere in the EU.
The Republican implosion
The profound dysfunction on display in the Republican party’s contest for its 2016 presidential nomination reflects an intraparty civil war that has been simmering for the past 25 years and has now burst out of control.