The Rich vs the Very Very Rich
When in 2015 a Chinese billionaire bought Wentworth, one of Britain’s most prestigious golf clubs, affluent dentists and estate agents were confronted with the unsentimental force of globalised capital.
Waves Across the South
Sivasundaram isn’t the first historian to stretch the geographical range of the age of revolution. He escorts it through the Persian Gulf, down the Bay of Bengal and southern India, across Singapore and Indonesia, via Tonga and New Zealand, and finally to Tasmania
Journalism Under Siege
In the era of Covid-19, misinformation, and authoritarianism, a grisly rape in India revealed the ominous challenges reporters face. Covid gives the state the power to hide what it does not want to be seen.
Data Disappeared
The Trump administration corrupted, erased and degraded data with great deliberation. By gutting federal statistics, the government burned away its capacity to regulate. By attacking numeracy, it attacked democracy.
