“Evolutionary success is not a birthright nor is it a guarantor of survival in perpetuity. Natural selection wrought the living ape species, and like all animals their time on Earth… Read More
Craig Stanford: The end of the apes?
Month: October 2016
Chris Wickham on rethinking the Middle Ages
I recently met my guest on this programme – Chris Wickham – at All Souls College, Oxford where he is Emeritus Chichele Professor of Medieval History. We met to discuss… Read More
Rosamund Bartlett on translating Anna Karenina
“The text of Anna Karenina is like a Persian carpet of intricate symmetrical design, whose workmanship can only be appreciated by seeing the reverse side.” In the spring of 2015… Read More
Julian Baggini on the Edge of Reason
“We have lost our reason,” writes philosopher Julian Baggini in the introduction to his latest book, The Edge of Reason, “and our loss is no accident. Gradually, the contemporary West… Read More