Withnail & I – 25 Years On
It’s one of the most-loved of all British films. It’s almost certainly the most-quoted one. And its popularity has never been greater. So why have so many people never heard of it?
Iconography of the Annunciation
The history of the Annunciation and its iconography in Early Christian Art
Travels with Ibn Battutah
Yemen-based writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith talks to TGD about Landfalls, the third and final volume of a trilogy describing his journeys round the world in the footsteps of the inveterate 14th century Moroccan traveller Ibn Battutah.
Turkey’s Elections
On 24 June, both presidential and parliamentary elections will take place in Turkey. With less than two months to go, the country is in campaign mood. The discussions range from the candidates, the election alliances, strategies and agendas, as if Turkey were still a country with fair elections.
Relaunching French –a very messy business
By 2050, Africa will be home to 85% of all French-speakers. Consider: more people speak French in Kinshasa, Congo’s capital city, than in Paris.
Who is the winner in post-ISIS Syria?
ISIS may have been defeated, but the battle for Syria’s political soul is far from over.
The Queen rules the Commonwealth!
Many epithets have been used to run down the Commonwealth. The London summit may even be called the Commonwealth Games II…
Russia haunts the western imagination
The dividing line between authoritarian Russia and liberal democracies is growing ever thinner.
The Aral Sea Disaster
Liu Zichao visits the lunar landscapes of Uzbekistan and realises the terrifying power of environmental disaster.
Marx and modern microeconomics
Few economists doubt that Marx flunked economics, a judgement mostly based on his labour theory of value. But Marx’s representation of the power relationship between capital and labour in the firm is an essential insight for understanding and improving modern capitalism.