In a heartfelt, personal piece, Staff Writer Lucy McCulloch explores the notion of humanity with relation to reintervening in Afghanistan.

In his second column, Joe Tresidder explores Russian President Vladimir Putin and his outright rejection of surrender in Ukraine.

Lucy McCulloch interrogates the relationship between warfare and social media in this spirited piece, critiquing the nature of ‘chocolate-box-ified’ solidarity with Ukraine in the West.