Series

Recurring questions with an editorial home of their own. Each series lives first on INI; external editions remain a separate option.

History, without the ceremonial version

On This Day — Without Illusions

Historical anniversaries, events and social phenomena without the ceremonial, familiar version of history.

The economics of convenient beliefs

The workings of economic, social and political illusions: money, markets, security, choice, merit and systems of convenient explanation.

Old wisdom, contemporary discomfort

Literary and satirical observations that begin with quotations and turn toward human behaviour, power, relationships and everyday absurdities.