Running openly as a socialist member of the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders, who has been an independent socialist for some time, has found that the term may not be as toxic as he'd been led to...
“Human beings the world over exhibit morbid fascination with violence, with cruelty. Could this kind of voyeurism be necessary for remembrance? People seem to want to know that it actually happened...
When Donald Trump entered the 2016 presidential circus, it almost seemed like a joke, and his poll results reflected it, taking a nosedive almost immediately after his initial announcement. Those...
Dietland, Sarai Walker’s first novel, is a filling read. Its premise – the journey of a young woman towards accepting her fat body and rejecting patriarchal beauty norms – should promise an...
Popes of the Catholic Church often issue encyclicals – policy pronouncements that declare the future directions of the church as regards one particular social, economic or political arena. It is a...
Australian author Sofie Laguna’s second novel for adults, The Eye of the Sheep, won the Miles Franklin Award on 23 June. It was a well-deserved win of Australia’s richest literary prize by a book...
The US National Women’s Team utterly routed their Japanese counterparts in the thrilling World Cup final in Vancouver on Sunday, making sports history. The women also made history for another...
The recent general election in Turkey proved to be a major setback for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's plans to use his party's parliamentary majority to, via constitutional referendum, establish a...
One thing the Greek financial crisis has revealed is that democracy is in short supply. EU countries are blackmailing a fellow EU member state. EU institutions are bypassed, in favour of unelected...
Former Beta Band member turned director John Maclean’s debut feature, “Slow West” looks and feels like a random train of thought, a glorious meandering diversion from “The Assassination of...
