We are living in a world of ill-founded generalisations. Generalisations are our judgemental, aphoristic and summarised assessments of people or circumstances. They are mostly churned in haste, ...

A new exhibition by Bill Henson is always an event – an eruption of the extraordinary into the fabric of everyday life. That hyper-productive philosopher, Slavoj Žižek, suggests that for most people ...

I grew up in a world where generalisations and stereotypes were common. People around me spoke about entire communities in broad brush strokes in a remarkably derogatory manner. People of a particular ...

Madam, - I hope Sara O'Sullivan (August 23rd) and others will reply with equal enthusiasm when they see examples of men and their… Madam, - I hope Sara O'Sullivan (August 23rd) and others will reply ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

Now, I understand the usefulness of generalisations. I have been teaching history, Indigenous studies and education for more than a decade at two post-secondary institutions and at different academic ...

ONE of the perks of getting old is that you are allowed to talk nonsense about the young. Plato was said to have complained that young people “disrespect their elders” and “ignore the law”. Peter the ...