Literature

In this exclusive article, International journalist, migrant activist and TED Fellow Yasin Kakande, author of a new book on the historical and contemporary reasons for African immigration, ‘Why We Are Coming’, traces the intersection between Black Lives Matter and African Migrations in the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Traditional solutions no longer work; the trickle-down theory and market obsession of neo-liberalism have achieved little. These schools of thought are now irrelevant to the world’s financial problems. There are no easy answers to the problem of deflation caused by excessive levels of debt.

For those who appreciate such body horror classics as Clive Barker’s Hellraiser then, to paraphrase Pinhead, step forward for L.A. Mason has “such sights to show you”

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In new hard science-fiction novel The Place of Quarantine, award-winning Russian author Vadim Babenko delivers an extraordinary book that is both intellectually stimulating and emotionally engaging By Lucy Bryson What happens after we die is one of the most profound and fundamental questions of humanity, and is a subject that has, understandably, been a perennial favourite for fiction authors across the ages. The realm of speculative fiction is, after all, an ideal place to examine those areas of our shared...

The Romantic poet’s famous verse, Daffodils, described how ‘They stretch'd in never-ending line/ Along the margin of a bay’.

From mass surveillance to sex robots, dystopian science-fiction has a nasty habit of becoming science-fact, writes Hannah De Giorgis. In this London Economic exclusive, the award-winning British novelist examines the origins of this fascinating literary genre and why it holds more appeal than ever. By Hannah De Giorgis Hannah De Giorgis Do not expect too much from the end of the world, the late Polish poet Stanisław Jerzy Lec once warned. In science-fiction literature, at least, he was right. Since...

"I've never been more sure that inclusivity starts from the youngest possible age. I hope these stories will be used for years to come."

Contrary to the polemics of high-profile evolutionists, there’s a striking similarity between the Darwinian and Christian accounts of human nature and the origins of evil, argues the author theologian, Dr Niamh Middleton, whose new book reconciles the gulf between science and religion. By Niamh Middleton Ever since the emergence of evolution as a theory during the 18th century Enlightenment, Christianity has been fighting a rear-guard action in trying to defend its basic doctrines. The battle between religion and science for...