The Darwin Myth

Bill Muehlenberg | 09 July 2009 | comment 3

Charles Darwin was a kind and polite man, but his take on evolution led to social Darwinism and the Nazis.

The Weight of a Mustard Seed

Francis Phillips | 01 July 2009 | comment 3

The general who commanded Saddam Hussein's troops during the First Gulf War was a fundamentally decent man caught in a web of corruption.

Chinese Whispers

Francis Phillips | 09 June 2009 | comment 2

As a young and fanatical Maoist, Jan Wong betrayed a friend during the Cultural Revolution. Decades later she discovers what happened. 

A Postcard from the Volcano

Francis Phillips | 03 June 2009 | comment 2

A deeply moving historical novel about the conflict between Christian culture and the seductive ideology of pagan Nazism.

I Am Justice

Martyn Drakard | 26 May 2009

The world's most amazing migration is the perilous journey from the centre of Africa to Italy.

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Francis Phillips | 12 May 2009 | comment 8

A well-spoken toff attempts to fathom the meaning of work but only reveals his outsider status.

“Look At Me!”

Leonard Franchi | 29 April 2009 | comment 1

How did the Britain of the stiff upper lip evolve into a nation of self-centred decadence?

A Saint on Death Row

Francis Phillips | 22 April 2009 | comment 3

Death row in a Texas prison is an unlikely place to become a man of forgiveness, compassion and generosity. But Dominique Green managed. 

“Balding. Can’t sing. Dances a little.”

Francis Phillips | 11 March 2009 | comment 3

The inimitable dance routines of Fred Astaire brought joy to the world in the midst of the Great Depression.

Enough already!

Bill James | 07 March 2009 | comment 5

Understanding our irrational desire for more, more, more is the first step to a cure.

Why Us?

Francis Phillips | 05 March 2009 | comment 6

We share 98% of our genes with chimpanzees. Why does that piddling 2% make us so different?

Heroes: History’s Greatest Men and Women

Francis Phillips | 20 February 2009 | comment 4

A short list which includes Elvis and Casanova along with Napoleon and Confucius seems rather eccentric. 

A life rich in significance

Francis Phillips | 27 January 2009 | comment 4

A father’s struggle to understand the point of his daughter’s short, totally dependent life.

The Decline and Fall of the British Empire

Francis Phillips | 24 January 2009 | comment 6

A new and monumental history of an empire built on hokum, hypocrisy and high-mindedness.

Celebrating Darwin Day

Bill Muehlenberg | 15 January 2009 | comment 3

Some of the most disastrous ideas of the 20th century were nourished by the ideas of Charles Darwin. 

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