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Belgium's AfricaMuseum has a dark colonial past – it's making slow progress in confronting this history

Racist displays and stories remain on display in several western European museums. They include grotesque objects depicting African people as “savage” and “wild”. Narratives of a “continent without history” and fantasies of European superiority are still told in ethnographic museums, like the Humboldt Forum in Berlin and the Musée du…

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2023

Friday essay: the forgotten female soldiers who fought long ago – and why their stories matter today

On the Swedish island of Björkö lie the remains of Birka, a significant Viking trading post. Birka is studded with burial chambers, stuffed with clues about their occupants – amber, textiles, gold, silver and many other treasures. One particular chamber caught the eye of 19th-century archaeologists, who labelled the grave…

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2023

Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand's hero burns the world down when he doesn't get his way. Her fans run the world – should we worry?

Our cultural touchstones series looks at books that have made an impact.

The Conversation · Jun 25, 2023

The beach 'better than the Caribbean' an hour’s flight away from Manchester Airport

One visitor described it as "the best beach I have visited"

Manchester Evening News · Jun 18, 2023

Cormac McCarthy's fearless approach to writing

Cormac McCarthy, who died on June 13, 2023, at the age of 89, is often characterized rather narrowly as a Southern writer, or perhaps a Southern Gothic writer.

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2023

A 79-year-old mathematician may have just solved an infinite dimension puzzle that's vexed theorists for decades

Mathematician Per Enflo, who solved a huge chunk of the 'invariant subspaces problem' decades ago, may have just finished his work.

LiveScience · Jun 15, 2023

Why Is It So Hard for Victims of Police Abuse To Get Justice?

Joanna Schwartz on how law enforcement "became untouchable"

Reason · Jun 13, 2023

The ‘bucket list’ European destination that’s a £25 flight from Manchester Airport

It's been described as something out of a 'fairytale' and a must for Game of Thrones fans

Manchester Evening News · Jun 12, 2023

In the 1800s, colonisers attempted to listen to First Nations people. It didn't stop the massacres

Note of warning: This article refers to deceased Aboriginal people, their words, names and images. Words attributed to them and images in the article are already in the public domain. Also, historical language is used in this article that may cause offence.

The Conversation · May 31, 2023

Will A.I. Steal Our Jobs?

Yes, and thank god for that!

Reason · May 30, 2023