From the lost worlds of old Shanghai to the very modern concerns of everyday anxiety, here are eight new books to get you ...

Despite a great efflorescence of literature and especially film about the mafia, it’s a truism to say that it isn’t very good for Sicily. It also hasn’t been very good when exported to other countries ...

In many ways, 'Theory & Practice' is like a coming-of-age novel or perhaps a coming-to-writing novel. Author Michelle de ...

The statue stands at street level, embodying an ongoing presence. They are casual, approachable and engaged, as if in ...

In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

Diana's Bananas relies on the frozen food supply chain — and 'upcycled bananas' — to bring its subzero treat to a grateful nation.

The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs welcomed English Prof. Sarah Dimick to discuss climate change’s impact on the ...

Disney movies have a way of making us all long for a fictional, enchanted kingdom. The settings are always so magical an ...

Michael Albertus draws upon 15 years of research and fieldwork in his examination of land-holding across the world from the ...

It is more important now to be in love than to be in power. It is more important to bring E. O. Wilson’s biophilia into our ...