To some ears, the word ‘character’ no doubt still evokes cold showers and a stiff upper lip. But these familiar associations are both too old-fashioned and not old-fashioned enough. Not...

Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, took the stage last week to introduce two of what he described as the museum’s “new acquisitions.” The first, a collection of paintings by...

What would you include in a citizen’s guide to justice?  An outline of citizens’ legal rights?  Details of the legal aid system? Or a list of the names of all the teenagers murdered in 2009 and...

Ulrike Al-Khamis, Sharjah Museum

Barbara Ehrenreich, author and political activist

Chris Rudge, National Clinical Director for Transplantation; AC Grayling, philosopher