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The opposite of toxic masculinity is…
(9 minutes) Elizabeth Oldfield is grateful for the true manhood of some knights in blue boiler suits.
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Between the Cross and the chromosomes: locating the line in biomedical ethics
(10 minutes) Bernadette Rose considers the relationship between biomedical ethical codes and Christian morality.
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“The wealth of Africa is in its people”
(9 minutes) Despite rampant corruption led by the country’s governing class, Arinze Nwokolo is still optimistic about the future of Nigeria.
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Let women be what they are
(7 minutes) It’s time to let women develop their real gifts and not force them into following false models, says Marystella Ramirez Guerra.
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The price of success: rethinking South Korea’s celebrity culture
(5 minutes) After a spate of celebrity suicides, Hanseul Lee thinks it’s time for South Koreans to stop idolising, and then demonising, their K-pop and cinema stars.
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Religious freedom, a risk we must take
(6 minutes) Joshua Gilbert is alarmed by the growth of religious nationalism in the United States.
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The right to education – but for who?
(6 minutes) Education must truly be open to all, argues Julia Wdowin, and not just a way for the favoured to maintain their privileges.
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A crisis of confidence: what future for the West?
(8 minutes) Seeing the Western world’s Christian heritage as ‘unwanted baggage’ only puts at risk our future, argues Toby Lees.
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“To give in to pessimism … is to give up thinking”
(6 minutes) Society can be transformed by ‘a revolution of care’, more truth in public life, persevering hope and a greater appreciation of nuance, argues the Catalan philosopher Jaime Nubiola.
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Imagining peace: thoughts on the Good Friday Agreement, 25 years on
(8 minutes) Monica Sharp celebrates the 25th anniversary of the “Good Friday” Agreement, a ground-breaking treaty ending years of violence in Northern Ireland, which came into law on 2 December 1999.
