Whatever really happened between Zhang and Peng, the truth is that they were both already victims, having been raised in a society that completely denies the importance of the individual.

As a dissident Iranian, I support Israel’s efforts to weaken the Ayatollahs’ regime. I’m not alone in this.

By Armin Navabi.

The contrasting lives and ambitions of two major figures in the fight for Indian Independence: General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya (“Timmy”) and Subhas Chandras Bose.

The questions at the centre of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial are still contested today.

Bob Vylan’s “death to the IDF” chants at Glastonbury reveal how Britain’s economic despair has radicalised a generation and threatens to revive ancient hatreds.

Women create whisper networks to keep themselves safe from antisocial male behaviour. But unfortunately, such networks can be highjacked by our antisocial female peers. By ⁠Amy Eileen Hamm⁠

Clay Risen’s new book about the American “Red Scare” emphasises the injustices of anti-communism but minimises the true extent and danger of communist infiltration.

As an aggressive activist strategy, the “pinkwashing” charge is shameless and shrewd. As moral reasoning, it is inane.

The reason most teaching is bad is that most teaching follows a demonstrably bad model.

Netanyahu’s Nobel Prize gesture masks serious diplomatic divisions over Iran’s nuclear programme and the future of Gaza’s devastated population.

Benny Morris