Rick Jones
The Isles are Full of Big Noises
The Orkney islanders have their doubts about Scottish independence
Musical Metternichs
At the Grafenegg outdoor music festival, funded by the Metternich family, on its third anniversary
Evil, on the Face of It
Behavioural predilections are all in the mind, but we still judge each other by physical appearance
Out of the Twilight Zone
An exhibition of WG Sebald’s archives offers an intriguing view of the late UK-based emigré German writer’s life and loves
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts