Economist Mariana Mazzucato has called for a fundamental restructuring of capitalism, arguing that economic policy must place public welfare ahead of private profit. In an interview with Der Spiegel, she said governments
Economist Mariana Mazzucato has called for a fundamental restructuring of capitalism, arguing that economic policy must place public welfare ahead of private profit. In an interview with Der Spiegel, she said governments
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The narrative surrounding the Ukraine war often marks its beginning on February 24, 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion. But the rivalries and political decisions that brought the two countries into
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A decade after securing an agreement that brought Colombia’s longest-running armed conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to an end, former president Juan Manuel Santos believes the world is
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In this interview, the authors of A Dangerous Beauty discuss their investigation into Judith Exner’s alleged role as an intermediary in secret operations against Fidel Castro, the evidence supporting her account, and
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Poland and India are seeking to turn diplomatic goodwill into a stronger strategic partnership, but their differing relationships with Russia remain a test of trust. In this interview, Tomasz Augustyniak discusses defence
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In an interview with BBC Newsnight’s Paddy O’Connell, Slavoj Žižek discusses his new book, Signs from the Future, examining Donald Trump’s political legacy, the decline of the liberal international order and the
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Former BBC News Bangla journalist Salahuddin Sumon has transformed digital travel filmmaking by merging newsroom rigor with human-centered storytelling, reaching millions of Bengali-speaking viewers across South Asia and the global diaspora. From
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Spanish filmmaker Carlota Pereda will become the first Spanish director and the fourth woman of any nationality to open the Sitges Film Festival, the world’s leading festival for fantasy and horror cinema,
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For centuries, silence has been treated as an absence: the absence of sound, speech or response. Lola Pons argues that it is far more consequential than that. In her new book, El
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By the time Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 BC, aged 32, he had accumulated more wealth than any person before him and created an empire larger than any known
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Basque writer Bernardo Atxaga’s new novel Golondrinas begins with the burial of legendary boxer Urtain and follows three funerals in the same grave across 50 years, blending death, rural decline, fantasy and
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Elections across France, Italy, Spain, Poland and other major European countries are set to test whether surging nationalist and populist movements can turn growing support into lasting political power, as mainstream parties
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This interview traces Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda’s journey from JVP revolutionary to political scientist, examining his early experiences of poverty, caste and inequality, his role in the 1971 uprising, imprisonment at Welikada, and
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In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
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Bill Gates has spent much of his life at the centre of technological change. Since co-founding Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975, he has witnessed — and helped shape — the rise
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