Last week, the world’s most globe-spanning empire until the mid-20th century let its fate be decided by 3.6 million voters in Scotland. While Great Britain narrowly salvaged its nominal unity, the ...

Most conspiracy theories start with existing concepts or events, then take elements of them into fantastical directions. This way, the people who create and believe these theories can use the real ...

Michelle D'Arcy receives funding from the Swedish Research Council. It is five years since Kenya shifted from centralised control to devolution in which 47 counties were given a free hand to set their ...