Under the policy of Staatsräson, which has made the defence of Israel a central pillar of the German state, the ...

In the West Papuan regency of Merauke, close to the border with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia is rapidly clearing land ...

With the proscription of Palestine Action early in July, the question of what support for a terrorist group means ...

I saw ​ the end of it then, I mean the end of it as it was, as my mother told the story of my father’s sudden deafness. The ...

In 2013, a group of French and Egyptian archaeologists discovered of cache of papyri as old as the Great Pyramid of Giza. Some of the texts were written by people who had worked on the pyramids: a ...

is a wheel where they turn to tell him sorrow is gain. The way he sets his spine to the ironwork is a drag-line of grief: ...

The LRB is Europe’s leading magazine of books and ideas. Published twice a month, it provides a space for some of ...

Malcolm Gaskill, an emeritus professor in early modern history at UEA, wrote in the LRB about his decision to leave . His books include Between Two Worlds: How the English Became Americans and The ...

Many of our most widely discussed pieces were delivered first as LRB Winter Lectures: Judith Butler on who owns Kafka; Hilary Mantel on royal bodies; Andrew O’Hagan on Julian Assange; Marina Warner on ...

The main component of cigarette filters is a plastic, cellulose acetate, and trillions of butts are discarded into ...

Francis assumed the papacy in 2013 in the teeth of a crisis. His predecessor, Benedict XVI, the first pope in centuries to resign, was strongly associated with theological and ritual conservatism. His ...