Mad, bad and dangerous to know
When Lady Caroline Lamb described Lord Byron – one of the greatest English poets – as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”, she was of course sharing her personal impressions…
The questions never asked
I FIRST read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in Grade 7 or 8 and immediately loved it. I had good reasons; Austen’s world seemed very much to resemble the one…
France’s gig economy creates hope and tension
It's lunchtime and Parisians are queuing for baguettes at a bakery on the Rue Montmartre, a sight long typical of life in the French capital. But three cyclists clad in…
Japan’s ‘Abenomics’ faces critical test
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bid to light a fire under the country's long-tepid economy will this month face its most critical test with a long-awaited update to his plans…
Death of social sciences
The competition for space in academia between the social sciences and the ‘others’ — namely, the pure and physical sciences, technological disciplines, medicine-related knowledge, and business and management studies —…
