April 26, 2011 | Standpoint Magazine

Well Worth an Arm and a Leg

Book review of Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe by Charles Freeman and Walsingham: Pilgrims and Pilgrimage by Michael Rear

April 26, 2011

Books·The Catholic Church

Editorial image for "Being Is Believing" — Book review of A Philosophical Retrospective: Facts, Values and Jewish…

Book review of A Philosophical Retrospective: Facts, Values and Jewish Identity by Alan Montefiore Alan Montefiore has been continuously engaged in teaching, writing and promoting philosophy for over 50 years; and in

April 26, 2011

Books·Philosophy

Bring on the Girls

Book review of A Man of Parts by David Lodge

April 26, 2011

Uncategorized

Good But Not Great

Book review of The Pale King by David Foster Wallace Virginia Woolf’s reputation has always baffled me. I have tried her books repeatedly over the years and I have (and this is

April 26, 2011

Books·Literature

What Is It Like To Be Conscious?

Our minds evolved to make life worth living, a new theory claims

April 26, 2011

Cosmos·Science

The Assassin of Painting

A new exhibition at Tate Modern succeeds in freeing Miró the artist from Miró the brand…

April 26, 2011

Uncategorized

Shelley’s Arab Spring

In the wake of the Arab Spring, Percy Shelley's The Revolt of Islam looks mightily prophetic

April 26, 2011

Critique·Literature

After Gaddafi: A New Libya Emerges

'More than 40 years later, it is immensely moving to see — and share — the delight of the countless brave Libyans whose revolution is bringing this unspeakable regime to an end'

April 26, 2011

Dispatches·Middle East