Margaret Mitchell

At Japan House humanity has arrived at the perfect future: food for ogling, not eating

26 October 2024 9:00 am

There is a popular Japanese television show that features a segment called ‘Candy Or Not Candy?’. Contestants are presented with…

Biden’s social media needs a refresh

30 June 2024 2:06 am

Joe Biden has a cold. That was the desperate message sent out by sources close to the president halfway through…

Will my generation still remember D-Day?

9 June 2024 1:23 am

In the town of Sainte-Mère-Église, just inland of Utah Beach on the coast of Normandy, a crowd had gathered before…

Compelling and somewhat heartbreaking: Girls State, on Apple TV+, reviewed

6 April 2024 9:00 am

Here’s a fun thought experiment: instead of entrusting the future of American democracy to one of two old men, what…

Botswana’s President: elephant hunting isn’t cruel, it’s necessary

5 April 2024 5:30 pm

Last month, Botswana’s Minister for Environment and Tourism Dumezweni Mthimkhulu threatened to send 10,000 elephants to Hyde Park. This week,…

Celibacy isn’t cool

15 February 2024 6:07 am

Abstinence doesn’t typically come to mind when you think of Valentine’s Day. But this year it coincides with Ash Wednesday…

Can I stay in Britain?

2 December 2023 9:00 am

Are surgical museums such the Hunterian doomed?

27 May 2023 9:00 am

Margaret Mitchell on the ethics of museums of anatomical specimens

Pet lobsters

20 May 2023 9:00 am