How Islam shaped the West
Early modern Europe and the “shame-praising” of the Muslim world.
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John Buchan’s clubland heroes
In The Thirty-Nine Steps and his other yarns – with their decent chaps in scrapes and men on the run – John Buchan…
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When maths goes wrong
One million, one billion, one trillion. Humans are not good at judging the size of large numbers and don’t quite…
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Understanding the banality of rape
Talking about rape is draining. These discussions exhaust me in part because they (perhaps necessarily) flatten any sense of nuance…
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Black Car Burning: a mature and evocative debut novel exploring the ties that bind us
There has always been a strong crossover between poetry and rock climbing. Consider the names bestowed upon routes by climbers…
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Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other is a story for our times
The characters’ exuberant interconnected stories are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and heritages that encompass modern Britain.
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The first Instapoet
How Letitia Elizabeth Landon sold her image and bought poetic fame.
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Finding the off switch
How we can control our technology habits.
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