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Going with the flow: can we still form meaningful relationships today?
(6 minute read) How do we reconcile freedom and commitment so as to live happily in ourselves and with others? Javier Pérez Wever seeks answers from the work of Zygmunt Bauman.
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The life and soul of salmon
(8 minute read) Jonny Parreno journeys from the supermarket counter to the moon in the company of the simple salmon, and uncovers great pearls of wisdom along the way
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Closing the Circle: Travelling with ‘The Railway Man’
Kevin Murphy recalls a meeting with Eric Lomax, one of the real-life survivors of the construction of the infamous bridge over the River Kwai. Lomax wrote about his experiences in the acclaimed book The Railway Man, published 25 years ago this year.
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Promising more than achieving? The French Revolution and today
When it comes to protecting the rights of minorities and guaranteeing new freedoms, even well-intentioned efforts can have unforeseen consequences. As Bianca Costa Sales points out, history can be a great teacher in this endeavour.
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Fighting totalitarianism: lessons from the White Rose resistance Part II
At a time when many academics were bowing to the Nazi system, Paul Shrimpton describes how a small group of students courageously opposed it.
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What is the purpose of education?
If we want educational reform to achieve its goal, we need to know why we are educating our children, Roy Peachey argues.
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The pen is mightier than the keyboard: Why writing is wonderful
Humans have used the written word for centuries, yet it is being replaced by computer work-processing. Harking back to medieval literature, Jasmine Jones discusses the beauty of writing, and our duty as humans to appreciate and preserve it.
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“Never again”, the humanising power of war literature
In the aftermath of conflict, language must serve constructive ends and, crucially, suggest the necessary changes to be made in order to prevent future repetition of violence and bloodshed. Bianca Costa Sales discusses the important role of war literature.
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Fighting totalitarianism: lessons from the White Rose resistance
On the morning of Thursday 18 February 1943 two German students entered the main building of the University of Munich carrying around a thousand anti-Nazi leaflets. Paul Shrimpton in the first of a series on the Scholl siblings.
