War
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Glory to the rails
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Millions of Ukrainians left the country during the first weeks of the invasion; four million were evacuated by train, including a million children. Thousands of dogs, cats and other pets, too.
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Queen of the night
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Maria Theresa, Habsburg empress, created the modern European state. To ponder her reign is to ask what the Enlightenment was — and is. Be careful with your nostalgias.
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After midnight
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The modern world races forward with all its technological might, yet remains trapped in a reactive cycle of disasters. Necessary responses follow catastrophes rather than prevent them.
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Mapping starvation
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On 21 August, Forensic Architecture, a London-based agency that investigates acts of state violence and lawlessness worldwide, released its latest project: « The Architecture of Genocidal Starvation in Gaza ». The next day, the United Nations declared that Gaza had officially entered a state of famine. We spoke to senior researcher at FA Nour Abuzaid,…
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The Palestinian seafront of the future — Joséphine Baker in Haifa
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Long ago, on the coast of Palestine, an elegant Modernist casino was frequented by Muslims, Christians, and Jews. One night in 1943 Joséphine Baker performed.
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How to abandon an archive
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When an authoritarian regime collapses, what happens to the archives of its secret police?
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The body in the crushed roses
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Excerpt from Sergei Lebedev’s new novel The Lady of the Mine (2025), set near a Ukrainian coal mine that buries atrocities from the past.
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A worm’s-eye view of Gaza
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An interview with Forensic Architecture’s founder Eyal Weizman. « Overground Gaza becomes de negative shape – the reflection – of Underground Gaza. »
