Personal Stories My abortion in 1988 was a lesson in care and resistance Abortion in England in the Eighties was legal, if not easy to access. For the two Irish women in the clinic with me, it was a… By Lyndsey Stonebridge
The four thinkers who reinvented philosophy Between the wars, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Ernst Cassirer and Walter Benjamin sought to transform the world by giving… By Lyndsey Stonebridge
The world to come: A new politics of hope The thick spike proteins of Covid-19 have latched on to poverty, inequality and racism. There has to be a… By Lyndsey Stonebridge
What Hannah Arendt can teach us about work in the time of Covid-19 The philosopher’s distinction between work and labour should guide our attempts to build a better society. By Lyndsey Stonebridge
Simone de Beauvoir’s second coming For decades Simone de Beauvoir was seen as a mere accessory to Sartre. But we are only beginning to… By Lyndsey Stonebridge
Why Hannah Arendt is the philosopher for now Arendt’s political philosophy, formed under Nazi persecution, is having a resurgence in our troubled age. By Lyndsey Stonebridge
How books help us to be better political citizens What Orwell can teach us about the refugee crisis, and why literature is more than a route to self-knowledge. By Lyndsey Stonebridge