Soon most Americans will take a holiday to give thanks, but most will likely do so by simply eating too much. Is this the legacy of the first Thanksgiving?
It’s generally acknowledged that the second-most important festival of the Christian calendar has no biblical support. Most people shrug that off as irrelevant, but is it?
Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Director, Julia Unwin, suggests that underlying today’s social problems are our growing affluence, avarice, alienation and anger.
In his book Breeding Bin Ladens, Zachary Shore addresses whether Islamist extremism is bred rather than born. Is it produced by influence or by inheritance?
Ishmael Beah was 12 years old when Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war reached his village in 1993. Soon he found himself swept up into the army, a child soldier.
Middle East scholar David Hulme interviews MK Effie Eitam, whose new proposal highlights cooperation between Israel, Jordan and Egypt in Middle East conflict.