A New Zealand nurse cares for some of the most desperate people on earth and discovers dignity and courage in their suffering.
A N Wilson’s latest volume on the social history of Britain is intelligent, amusing and ultimately facile.
Eckhart Tolle is a publishing phenomenon. Why are so many people lapping up his distillation of the wisdom of the ages?
Communication critical: Want to help your children navigate a sex-saturated culture? They'll need to learn your beliefs -- not those all around them.
Does it really all depend? Is one set of beliefs as equally valid as any other? A review of William Gairdner's defence of universal truth.
A powerful spiritual memoir by the author of Interview with the Vampire about her return to Catholicism.
The famed explorer ended his days in a violent scuffle in the surf of a Hawaiian beach. Was he an imperial hero or a ruthless colonialist?
How did ‘privacy’ come to cover a multitude of sins? A philosopher explains.
Modern science has made great strides in knowledge of the brain. But our brains are not us.
A famous contrarian insists that children differ in ability and that their education should recognise this.
A French scholar has sparked a controversy by challenging the conventional wisdom that we emerged from the Dark Ages guided by Muslim teachers.
Maxim Gorky was one of the world's most famous writers in the first half of the century. Was he a Soviet stooge or a dissident witness?
Brilliant modern scholars have breathed new life into an ancient approach to morality.
A mother and paediatrician writes about what sons need from parents, and how families and culture often shortchange young men.
A former British diplomat who witnessed the cultural revolution first hand attempts to decode the enigma of China.
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