from Masterminds of the right by Emily O'Reilly
The tactics, and at times, the sheer genius, of the conservative lobby came most sharply into focus during the 1986 divorce referendum. Here was an issue...
9 July 2018
from Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
A woman like me is always a temptation, if possible to arrange it unobserved; as whatever we may say about it later, we will not be...
25 May 2018
from The Wild Places by Robert MacFarlane
So few wild creatures, relatively, remain in Britain and Ireland: so few, relatively, in the world. Pursuing our project of civilisation, we have pushed thousands of...
7 April 2018
from Mayhem by Sigrid Rausing
But how can you trust anyone’s story? Every story, including mine, is an enactment of what we wish to be true, an edited version of our...
8 March 2018
from Mayhem by Sigrid Rausing
We thought we were so modern. But then so did our parents, and so did their parents before them. Mayhem: a memoir
8 March 2018
from Mayhem by Sigrid Rausing
It’s easy to express vulnerability when you are strong, and almost impossible when you are not. Mayhem: a memoir
4 March 2018
from Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
He might be right: whether their act was big or small, no one could risk more than his life. Each according to his strength and abilities,...
25 February 2018
from The book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch
If we look at history – those of us who study it, who can remember it – we understand the reason why those who come to...
16 February 2018
from Why dinosaurs matter by Kenneth J. Lacovara
Evolution has no trajectory and possess no momentum Kenneth J. Lacovara – Why Dinosaurs Matter. c2017 .
8 January 2018
from Why dinosaurs matter by Kenneth J. Lacovara
That sounds crazy, you might be thinking. Indeed it does, but that’s why we have science. As history demonstrates, common sense is a poor guide to...
7 January 2018
from Why dinosaurs matter by Kenneth J. Lacovara
The most damning misconception about dinosaurs is the idea that their extinction, except for the birds (more on that later), represents their own failure to adapt...
7 January 2018
from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
How many harmless young black men have been injured or killed in modern cities in white countries this year, for the crime of exciting someone else’s...
30 December 2017