The pollsters Nate Silver, Doug Rivers and Robert Cahaly have radically different ideas about the coming election
Princeton University might lose millions as a result
It's the counterfactual idea on which all of history is based
A people with no shared history will find it very hard to keep a lid on disorder and violence
A people with no shared narrative or history will find it very hard to keep a lid on disorder and violence
Timid and out of touch, it is churning out banal bulletins and screwing up digital output
breaking news from the world of ideas
Fearmongering slogans like 'don't kill your gran' are the opposite of good political leadership
Birmingham was a boom city after the war and might have come to rival London. So why did planners deliberately sabotage its economy?
Twitter users love the Dunning-Kruger effect because it suggests your opponent is an idiot
We are too squeamish about the power and vulnerability that’s unique to female puberty
The idea that President Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize isn't as crazy as it sounds
Just as in the philosopher's day, the zealots of the 21st century cannot understand human complexity
Upper-class Indians are prominent in America's radical racial politics despite centuries of privilege
we sit down with original thinkers and talk ideas
Freddie Sayers speaks to the influential US thinker about Covid-19, the media, and Trump
The Nobel Prize winner returns to LockdownTV to discuss his predictions
Professor Devi Sridhar makes the case for why we should not tolerate any level of Covid-19
Greed is not just a corporate failure, but a moral one too
The symptoms for each virus are almost indistinguishable
There's nothing to gain from dumping plastic rubbish halfway across the world
It is made by and for states, which are invariably motivated by national interest
As a person of colour, I don't feel 'excluded' when I listen to the 5th Symphony
The relationship between conservatism and capitalism was doomed from the start
The PM can’t see the value of anything that doesn’t contribute to the exchequer
They still don't understand the extent and nature of their privilege
Is there really evidence of life on the planet?
There is nothing to suggest that it limits the spread of Covid-19
The risk of dying from Covid is tiny, but people can't help being frightened anyway
What we can learn from re-writing the past
The agreement between King John and the barons has become part of the English national myth
If Louis XVI had hung onto his throne, Europe wouldn't have been overrun by tyranny
Eleanor Rathbone's proposal to pay women for housework and childcare was just too ahead of its time
France and Britain have reached a stalemate in North America and no colonial rebellion ensues
In the first of our Alt History series, we look at how England's religious history depended on one small boy
Introducing ‘Alt Histories’ – a series in which we explore what we can learn from what didn't happen
There's nothing new in history — including our nation's partiality to a stiff drink
This historically stable, lucrative and prestigious profession is in critical condition
For 2,000 years people in power have been trying to no-platform those they consider a threat to hearts and minds
By entering our world, our pet felines have given us a window looking out of it
It is hard not to conclude that a whole generation has been terribly misled about how best to pursue a life of meaning and resilience
As a new book notes, many of his most troubling predictions have indeed come to pass
Our contributors examine the protest movement that shook the world
The Left justifies extreme and violent action by framing Trump as an existential threat to America
The criminal justice system is the only safeguard for those in greatest need of protection
No one cares if progressives don't practise what they preach — so long as what they're preaching is good
The outrage over Adele shows the extent to which the US culture wars intrude in places they don't belong
Des, the fascinating drama about Dennis Nilsen, finally gives his victims a voice
Sid Meier's creation invites us to think about how the world works — and warns it could be a lot worse
The Secret Barrister’s new book on misinformation seems to betray a loss of impartiality
There's nothing thrilling about over-complicated plots — they create confusion, not tension