The leading causes of violent death worldwide among children under five years of age have been drowning, transport incidents, choking, fire and falls. Now there is another one, after choking and above fire: Israeli violence. The tragedy, says Eman Basher, “is not just in the lives lost but in the futures stolen”.
Culture
A radical, poetic and painful eco-thriller
It is a post-industrial film in which the apocalypse never happens, an environmental film with a gentle but dark humour. It is called “Can I get a witness?” and will premiere in London on 17 September at Curzon Bloomsbury. Two days later, on the 19th, it will be released in […]
Working-class life
Merlin Daleman comes from England but he left it for a new life in the Netherlands. He returned to the land of his childhood to photograph, between 2017 and 2024, the post-Brexit, “economic north” of Britain. Sean Sheehan He finds a country where The Trussell Trust, a charity […]
Speculative thinking
Speculating is what gamblers and investors in a risky business proposition do but the word has another sense for the philosopher Hegel and it forms the core of “Reading Hegel”. Sean Sheehan What is retained from the ordinary meaning of the word is the idea of a bold […]
Why did it go wrong in Bolivia?
During Bolivia’s good years under ex-President Evo Morales and the MAS (Movimiento Al Socialismo) party, illiteracy rates dropped to 2%, extreme poverty was reduced by two-thirds, and the middle class thrived. Sean Sheehan An economic crisis, followed by a political one – see Mutiny in Bolivia – has […]
















