Three-Parent Babies — Miracle Cure or Eugenics?
The HFEA's proposal to permit mitochondria replacement would alter our genetic constitution—a risky and unethical step too far
London by Night: In the Footsteps of Dickens
The city’s great chronicler hit the streets to cure his insomnia. His writing cast a spell on me and now I go for nocturnal
Off-Limits: Subjects Artists Won’t Tackle
Far from being cutting-edge, the British cultural establishment ignores the biggest threat to artistic freedom: radical Islam
A Personal Story of Memory and Survival
Simon Schama's Story of the Jews may contain some serious omissions, but this haunting history is both captivating and enchanting.
What Makes Her Tick?
Will the real Angela Merkel please stand up? After reading Stefan Kornelius’s official biography the German Chancellor remains a mystery
Beware the Sanguine Banker
Iain Martin’s message in his excellent Making it Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy is that a
McBrideshead Revisited
In the spin doctor’s memoirs the similarities between Evelyn Waugh’s protagonist Charles Ryder and Gordon Brown’s antagonist Damian McBride are several and eerie
Anarchic Interregnum
Ian Buruma's Year Zero deftly tells the story of 1945: the year the modern world began