How to Talk about Books You Haven’t Read

Francis Phillips | 22 November 2007 | comment 10

Step 1: be French. Step 2: be a man. Step 3: be a post-modernist.

Girls Gone Mild

Pauline Cooper | 12 October 2007 | comment 3

Good girls are throwing off the shackles of the manufactured bad girl image and reclaiming self-respect - even if their mothers don't understand.

All is for the good in Harry’s end

Elizabeth Quinn | 29 July 2007 | comment 14

The final Harry Potter book affirms the deathless power of goodness lurking in the most unlikely characters.

Harry Potter and the order of love

Jeff Presberg | 21 July 2007 | comment 22

As the last of the Harry Potter series flies off the shelves a teacher of literature finds the books very good, even in the ultimate sense.

Günter Grass’s ultimate fiction: his life

Francis Phillips | 07 July 2007 | comment 3

Germany's leading novelist has made a clean breast of his past as a member of the Waffen SS -- or has he?

Grief after the other bombing

Martyn Drakard | 06 July 2007

Marie Fatayi-Williams became a symbol of grief after 52 people died in London two years ago at the hands of suicide bombers.

Among the dead cities

Richard Umbers | 23 June 2007 | comment 17

As the war on terror grinds on, there are ethical lessons to be learned from the fire-bombing of German and Japanese cities during World War II in which hundreds of thousands of civilians perished. 

Edith Stein’s intellectual pilgrimage

Francis Phillips | 14 June 2007 | comment 2

A distinguished philosopher unravels the thought of one of the 20th century's great women.

Campus youth betrayed

Theresa Smyth | 08 June 2007 | comment 8

A crusading physician deplores ideological double standards about health care for students.

Queen of Fashion

Francis Phillips | 29 April 2007 | comment 6

Was the doomed Marie Antoinette merely a frivolous aristocrat addicted to bizarre 18th century frippery? Or did she have a deeper side?

The God Delusion

Phillip Elias | 27 January 2007 | comment 5

Richard Dawkin's tale, full of sound and fury, raises questions about his own grip on reality.

Fatherhood means promises to keep

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 October 2006

If a 200-page how-to book on fatherhood is not your thing, try 200 bite-sized promises - one at a time.

Darwinian Fairytales

James Franklin | 25 October 2006

An Australian philosopher ruthlessly dissects the logic of Darwin and his followers.

Calculating the benefits of friendship

Ana Ines Trapp | 07 October 2006 | comment 5

What good is friendship? The answers of two recent writers miss the heart of the matter.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Matthew Beard | 17 July 2005

At 672 pages, the latest instalment in the Harry Potter series will be too short for diehard fans, says our high school reviewer.

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