The Dutch historian makes a case for optimism in difficult times

Seeing the celebrated novelist and author of Middlemarch in a new light

How can international finance centres operate successfully while also being responsible global actors?

Margaret MacMillan, Dani Rodrik and Ngaire Woods on reshaping the globe after the pandemic

Readers respond to the May edition

Bored during lockdown? Try to crack our enigma

The Oxford geographer on whether we can escape the hectic pace of our lives—and how the pandemic is re-shaping our imagination

He's changed his mind about Wagner's operas—in a positive way

Reassessing the UK's herd immunity strategy—and when will lockdown end?

The author of East West Street returns with another history about a dark family past