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Corruption and hunger for power … the enemies within which hamper Africa’s future
(11 minute read) Joshua Nwachukwu highlights a recent coup in Africa which made little impact on world news but exemplified the greatest challenge facing the continent.
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Time to make peace with nature … but how?
(7 minute read) Richard Bauckham ponders the great challenge to creation posed by our everyday destructiveness.
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Grimy glory: lessons in beauty from sewage-plants and run-down buildings
(7 minute read) Self-confessed commoner Adam Brocklehurst explains how the aristocratic Lucinda Lambton has helped him see the world around him with new eyes.
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Did I really see what I think I saw? Optical illusion in historical and contemporary art
(6 minute read) Seeing is believing - if you can believe what you see. Carolyn Morrison discovers an art form which makes us “think anew about what we see and how we see it.”
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Nigeria at 60: A future yet to flower
(6 minute read) Joshua Nwachukwu casts an eye over the light and shadows which mark Nigeria’s 60th anniversary as a modern independent nation.
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Systems Thinking: the ripples we can create
(5 minute read) Juliette Flach recommends a more holistic approach in our efforts to make the world a better place.
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Mosque, church or secular space? Hagia Sophia and the battle for modern Turkey
(6 minute read) When is a museum not a museum? When it was once a cathedral and then a mosque and is now a mosque again as a politician’s attempted ace card to revive his flagging fortunes. Cihan Eroglu reports.
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When religious values help fight a virus
(5 minute read) Hajra Rehman explains the core principles of Islam which have helped keep the pandemic under control in Muslim nations.
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Rebuilding society after the pandemic must not mean trashing the planet
(6 minute read) Margareth Sembiring reveals the risks involved in ignoring the environment in a post-COVID society.
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When the thirst for power disguises itself as a thirst for God
(6 minute read) The influence of religious conservatism on Indonesian society is leading to harsh Islamist policies which suppress the freedoms of religious minorities, argues Alexander Arifianto.
