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Daniel Kahneman changed how we think about human nature – the psychologist remembered by a former student
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1034+ words) Daniel Kahneman’s passing at 90 years old has left a major gap in the field of behavioural science and in the wider intellectual community. His scientific contributions, many made in collaboration with cognitive psychologist Amos Tversky, transformed the disciplines of psychology…...
‘We’ll slaughter the bastards’ – how Bob Jones and the New Zealand Party changed politics in 1984
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (1117+ words) With New Zealand’s 11th election under the MMP proportional system due in November, it’s easy to take the influence of minor parties for granted. But just over 40 years ago, things were very different. In 1984, with the conservative National government of Robert…...
Volodymyr Zelensky’s other war: Ukraine’s endless struggle with corruption
2+ week, 5+ day ago (536+ words) Ukraine celebrated this year’s independence day on August 24 in the presence of key allies and amid the unfolding of another major corruption scandal. In July 2026, Fedorov’s own removal from his post as defence minister came after a rift with the…...
A Swedish ghost story
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (732+ words) Ghosts in Sweden? It sounds strange to place the supernatural in a country of health-conscious, pragmatic engineers. But even though Swedes readily accept modernity, their popular culture hints at something else. From the outside, Sweden appears to be a secular…...
How to Sell a Genocide has been removed from a library near Bondi – but libraries represent freedom of thought
3+ week, 4+ day ago (802+ words) Sydney’s Waverley Council, which includes Bondi Beach within its boundaries, has removed a book on the war on Gaza, titled How to Sell a Genocide, from its library shelves, pending review. This followed a complaint from a survivor of last…...
My unsung hero of science: Harriet Taylor Mill, the radical feminist philosopher who lived in the shadow of her husband
1+ week, 2+ day ago (678+ words) Taylor Mill cut to the heart of issues in political thought such as patriarchy, socio-economic justice and freedom....
Having heard mountains of evidence, the antisemitism royal commission now faces a huge challenge
2+ week, 3+ day ago (734+ words) By its final block, the commission had heard from more than 300 witnesses and received more than 20,000 submissions. The evidence paints a concerning picture....
The Long Version by Petra Hůlová is about a middle-aged feminist caught between the past and future
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (344+ words) The Long Version is a new novel which follows a short period in the life of Sylvie, a middle-aged writer who has just published a best-selling yet critic-dividing feminist book. We meet her at an event to launch her book....
John Iliffe: the historian who changed how Africa’s past was understood
1+ week, 5+ day ago (876+ words) John Iliffe, the distinguished scholar renowned for his life’s work in African history, died on 20 August 2026 at the age of 87. The young Iliffe did his PhD at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He wrote about the early 20th century governor of German East…...
In 20th-century India, the perfect Hindu wife was… a man
2+ week, 5+ day ago (908+ words) For much of the 20th century, the most admired wife in Marathi-speaking India was not a woman at all. Bal Gandharva (1888–1967), a celebrated impersonator of Marathi sangeet natak (musical theatre), played devoted heroines with such conviction that film actresses well into…...