“My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid, to glut my appetite”

The writer on her memories of childhood, the fight against populism—and why she writes to metal

It is a privilege to witness the transformation that happens when someone begins to uncover their own abilities—and you can often learn something yourself, too

As shops shutter, it is not only local economies but the sense of place and community that is imperilled. In an era of online retail, how can the high street fight back?

Global warming is not the kind of phenomenon that the human mind has evolved to regard as a clear and present threat

Plus Awake at Night by the UN Refugee Agency

Don't count on a return to the sensible centre. Daniel Howden reports from Athens ahead of the election on 7th July

A new memoir is endlessly interesting and dazzlingly erudite

Is growth the source of our climate crisis or the means to fixing it? Two contributors go head-to-head

India's cricket captain is the very model of a modern, newly-assertive and economically successful power