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Deep Thought Over Computers

‘Is it possible that the next generation of computers will solve chess?’ Among the many amusing literary inventions of the science fiction writer Douglas Adams was a computer called Deep Thought. Fans

June 18, 2009

Chess

Armenian Artist

‘To become world chess champion is to join the immortals. Yet some who have reached the top have been less lionised than others.’

June 11, 2009

Chess

Beyond the Myth of Mandela

As Jacob Zuma takes over as South Africa’s president, the ‘Beloved Country’ needs to break with idolatry

May 28, 2009

Africa·Developing World·Features·Politics

Marx’s Capitalist

The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels by Tristram Hunt

April 28, 2009

Books·Communism·History·Philosophy·Politics·UK Politics

Fatal Attraction of Tasty Food

Human bodies are simply not built to consume the unhealthy diet we eat nowadays

April 28, 2009

Cosmos

Taking Research for Granted

British universities need to become more like America’s if they want to keep the best scientists

April 4, 2009

Academia·Cosmos·Science

Denying Israel’s Deniers

The British and Israeli novelists Howard Jacobson and A.B. Yehoshua discuss the new wave of anti-Jewish rhetoric with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

April 4, 2009

Dialogue·Ethnicity·Faith·International·Israel·Judaism·Literature·Media·Middle East·Politics·Social Affairs·War on Terror

BBC Kremlin Service

The Foreign Office must realise that cuts at the BBC Russian Service have turned it into an arm of the Kremlin propaganda machine

April 4, 2009

Counterpoints·Media·Politics·Russia

From One Oxymoron to Another

The think-tank Demos has switched from New Labour to ‘Progressive Conservatism’. Philip Blond has journeyed from ‘Radical Orthodoxy’ to ‘Red Toryism’. Now the two have joined forces and both Right and Left

April 3, 2009

Counterpoints·The Church of England·UK Politics·Westminster

A Tale of Sadness and Forgetting

The Czech novelist Milan Kundera is accused of informing on an anti-communist as a student. Is there any truth in the charge?

February 17, 2009

Features·Heritage·History·Justice·Literature·Politics

Why Matter Really Matters

Firing neutrons under Japan may explain why the universe exists

February 17, 2009

Academia·Cosmos·History·Japan·Science

Helping Africa Break Free

Aid to Africa is the problem, not the solution, according to Dambisa Moyo, Zambian-born economist and author of Dead Aid. She discusses the issue with Richard Dowden, executive director of the Royal

February 16, 2009

Africa·China·Developing World·Dialogue·Economy·Ethnicity·Foreign Aid·Global Governance·History·International·Politics·Social Affairs·The West

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