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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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“May your storytelling also be hopetelling”
(6 minutes) Pope Francis calls on journalists to remember the greatness of their mission.
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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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The Existential Bob Dylan
(10 minutes) Michael Kirke celebrates a modern-day Homer who, guitar in hand, has sung his epic as the great Greek bard did centuries ago with his lyre.
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“The Remains of a Negro”: Edward Lamb Parsons and his mysterious companion in death
(14 minutes) Adam Brocklehurst went digging to discover some of the human faces involved in the transatlantic slave trade.
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“I am rich and have no idea what to do with my life”
(7 minutes) Vinay Hiremath, the co-founder of Loom, sold his start-up for $975 million to the Australian software company Atlassian in 2023. But in a recent blog post he reveals deep insecurity about the direction his life is taking.
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Learning history’s lessons: how martial law was resisted in South Korea
(4 minutes) Hanseul Lee describes the dramatic role of young people in defending the nation’s democratic institutions.
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Start a revolution: tell the truth
(8 minutes) Renouncing the search for truth is to condemn our lives to futility, argues Joseph Evans.
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Dare we hope?
(7 minutes) World prospects seem bleak as 2025 begins, but Julia Wdowin still finds reasons for hope.
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The Italian presepe: history and meaning of an ancient Christmas tradition
(6 minutes) Monica Sharp explains why the comforting presence of the crèche persists.
