On Friday, 27 September, we felt the whole of Beirut shake. A huge plume of smoke was visible across the city.

When Israel bombarded Beirut on 27 September, killing hundreds of people, the BBC headline was ‘Beirut rocked ...

At the end of each of Rooney’s novels, love triumphs partly because it might be the only form of solidarity, the ...

Peter Green died last week at the age of 99. His many books include a Life of Alexander of Macedon, a history of the Hellenistic age, an account of the Sicilian expedition and translations of Homer, ...

Labour members have long used the party conference to push for a more humanitarian approach to immigration and ...

Fredric Jameson died yesterday at the age of 90. He had taught since 1985 at Duke University. His many books include The Political Unconscious, Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism ...

According to their publicity material, the Tokyo-based duo Incapacitants deploy feedback, vocals and ‘various electronics’ to generate noise for the sake of noise. At their gigs, seats and tables are ...

In November 2022, archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Philadelphia, two hours south of Cairo, discovered a clump of papyri in a shallow grave. On one of them were written nearly a hundred ...

Since 7 October, the Biden administration has given Israel virtually everything it has asked for, from F-15 fighter aircraft and white phosphorous bombs to diplomatic cover at the United Nations. Joe ...