I thought of it again when the Home Office published a report celebrating its ‘UK-wide blitz on illegal working to strengthen ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the ...

Only eight years earlier, Henry IV had deposed his cousin Richard II, who died in custody soon afterwards. Richard’s rule was ...

But wait, actually, no. The mother’s contribution is independent of the child’s sex. The child’s sex is determined by the ...

A few years ago I worked for an organisation that collected donations for large humanitarian agencies such as Médecins Sans Frontières, Amnesty International and Save the Children. My job was to ...

The LRB is Europe’s leading magazine of books and ideas. Published twice a month, it provides a space for some of ...

It would be a mistake to see the attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil for his political views in relation to Palestine as ...

Two recent books, by Peter Beinart and Rachel Shabi, discuss the response of Jewish communities in the West to the Hamas attacks of 7 October and Israel’s subsequent destruction of Palestinian life in ...