- August 20, 2025
On starlings and the thermodynamics of life
A murmuration of tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of starlings, flying in such perfect synchrony that they look
Religion and Secularism | Eurozine
Let’s start with the basics: What is secularism? Well, according to the Enycolpedia Britannica, even scholars have a hard time
Borrowing from Erdoğan’s playbook | Eurozine
On 5 February 2025, two weeks after Donald Trump assumed the role of US president, Argonotlar (“Argonauts”), a queer art
The unstoppable solipsist | Eurozine
It is safe to predict that the second Trump presidency will go down in American history as the most divisive
Eternal twilight of the Ulster kind
In 1975, the American sociologist Michael Hechter published a book on the evolution of the United Kingdom; fifty years on,
The president who preached revolution
… ever since 1789, there has been one magic word which contains within itself all imaginable futures, and is never
Sleep tight, mate | Eurozine
Loneliness is a serious public health issue. The Mental Health Foundation confirms that it makes it harder for people to
Lula 3.0 and the austerity trap
Campaigning for his third term as president in 2022, Lula da Silva ran on a straightforward message: making Brazil “happy
‘A’ at the end of the alphabet
Should sexual relationships, with all their complications, really be a benchmark of societal acceptance? Vox Feminae investigates the history of
Writing on the wall, writing on the water
Cofiwch Dryweryn (remember Tryweryn). The walls exhort us in bright red and white, from Llanrhystud in West Wales to Chicago.