For Europeans, Libya is the closest edge of the African continent: a borderland imagined as both exotic and dangerous, a ...

Robert Prevost's election as Pope brought hope to reformers. But will he push for peace and resist ultra-conservative influence?

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In her new book "Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter", Kat Hill follows a well-trodden path Our phones provide us with constant entertainment. What do we lose when we never sit alone with our thoughts?

Italy and the Vatican are central to a movement intent on imposing "traditional values" on European society ...

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This piece accompanies Marcus Chown's feature on the discovery of cosmic background radiation, from the Spring 2015 edition of New Humanist. Perhaps the most famous accidental discovery of all is ...