The rarity of phosphorus makes it the single most limiting factor for the growth of biomass on Earth. It is, as Isaac Asimov puts it, ‘life’s bottleneck’ – the toll which must be paid by all matter ...

Under the policy of Staatsräson, which has made the defence of Israel a central pillar of the German state, the ...

Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst who worked for some years as an NHS child psychotherapist. His books include Winnicott, On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored, Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived ...

D onald Trump ​ likes to tell us that ‘tariff’ is ‘the most beautiful word in the dictionary’. He does not remind us that the ...

In the West Papuan regency of Merauke, close to the border with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia is rapidly clearing land ...

I saw ​ the end of it then, I mean the end of it as it was, as my mother told the story of my father’s sudden deafness. The ...

Seas are repetitive creatures, working in cycles of tides, migration and climate change, which is normally to say ...

is a wheel where they turn to tell him sorrow is gain. The way he sets his spine to the ironwork is a drag-line of grief: ...

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

The main component of cigarette filters is a plastic, cellulose acetate, and trillions of butts are discarded into ...