John XXIII, the pope who initiated the council in 1962, described it as an aggiornamento, a ‘bringing up to date’, an attempt ...

In the more fortunate and vastly different condition of life under civil government, the ideal of independence had become a ...

The Queen Mary University of London branch of the University and College Union, of which I am co-chair, hosts a ...

Mathieu Kassovitz’s​ film La Haine is regarded as a classic in many circles. ‘Classic’ may not be quite ...

Admirers of Morris the revolutionary have shared his uncertainties. George Bernard Shaw thought Morris’s late-life addiction to scribbling prose romances a lowering hobby – why not take up making ...

Colombia produced a record 2600 tons of cocaine in 2023 and at least a third of it passed through Ecuador – ...

My former colleague Nicholas Mostyn writes gloomily that ‘we will likely lose speech, mobility and continence and be beset by excruciating pain – but no doctor will ever give us a terminal diagnosis.’ ...

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

If the British government is to be believed, only one civilian has been killed by its armed forces during its air ...