Mar 17, 2010 | Features
The Paris Review was first issued in 1953 – as it happens, the year that I was born! I received the four-volume set for Christmas and these quotes are from Volume I. Introduction by Philip Gourevitch: “the interview as a genre of literature unto itself is a distinctly...
Mar 8, 2010 | Latest
‘The Art of War’ was written by Sun Tzu in China about 2,500 years ago. On Sunday (7th March) I was interviewed by the historian and broadcaster Julian Putkowski for the World Service of the BBC on the enduring nature of the advice given by Sun Tzu. I first read the...
Mar 6, 2010 | Features
The inspiration for this book, according to its author Richard Dawkins, was a two-part documentary he made for Channel 4 in Britain, Root of All Evil?in 2006. He aims to offend, to outrage, by his attacks on all faiths (and agnostics!) and how ridiculous he considers...
