BEIJING — One Sunday last month, China’s leader, Xi… Continue reading
“Destined for Radicalism”, Dublin Review of Books
By Sheena Wilkinson, February 2018 Issue
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington: Suffragette and Sinn Féiner: Her Memoirs and Political Writings, by… Continue reading
“Hell of a Fiesta”, The New York Review of Books
Enrique Krauze, March 8, 2018 Issue
In the spring of 2017, and all through the year, social media feeds in… Continue reading
“Suddenly Saudi women draw ahead”, Le Monde diplomatique
By Camelia Entekhabifard, Paris, March 2018 Issue
Recent protests in towns and cities across Iran have challenged the authority… Continue reading
“Why I’m Writing Captain America: And why it scares the hell out of me”, The Atlantic
Ta-Nehishi Coates, Feb 28, 2018
Two years ago I began taking up the childhood dream of writing comics. To say… Continue reading
“Crisis Diplomacy: The Long Road to Freedom for German Journalist Yücel”, Der Spiegel
Journalist Deniz Yücel was held without… Continue reading
“Burma blocks entry for UK government committee after Rohingya crisis criticism”, The Telegraph
By Nicola Smith in Taipei, London, 1 March 2108
The Burmese authorities have been accused of blocking a British… Continue reading
“Trump steel tariffs: Trading partners threaten retaliation”, BBC News
London, 2 March 2018
The main trading partners of the US have reacted angrily after President Donald Trump announced plans… Continue reading
“Madonna’s Ray of Light 20 years on: still the peak of empowered pop”, The Guardian
Gabriel Szatan, London, 27 Feb 2018,
The year is young, but Grammy chieftain Neil Portnow’s suggestion that female artists… Continue reading
“Willa Cather, Pioneer”, The Paris Review
By Jane Smiley, February 27, 2018
Willa Cather was not a flashy stylist, and though she was ambitious in her… Continue reading