English exceptionalism
The Riddle of the Modern World
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Dispatches from the front
Scenes from the End - A War to be Won
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A global memoir of a short century
The New Century
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Quiet revolution with worldwide appeal
Homage to Chiapas
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Eat raw, lean meat but avoid the llama milk
The Cambridge World History of Food
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Fertile images from a remote border
Burma - Shwedagon
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Kali fights her demon, an author her ghosts
Oh Terrifying Mother
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Return journey into the interior
Return to Nisa
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The most testing decision
Testing Women, Testing the Fetus
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Bitter genius of unloved son
George Melly on the definitive life of a nihilistic, unhappy clown I don't think anybody else need write another book on Groucho Marx after this one. It is as definitive as possible. Some may ask if...
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A cure for catatonia
Clifford Geertz
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TV & radio guide - Friday
In Search of the Black Madonna (11.00 am R4). Bonnie Greer wonders about the power of "Black Madonna" icons in Europe from medieval times on. First of two programmes. Culture Fix (11.30 am BBC...
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Comrades try to get Prudence to wear more red
Socialism has had setbacks in the 25 years since young leftwinger Gordon Brown edited The Red Paper on Scotland . Bob Tait joined a gathering to discuss the way forward. It was, on the face of it, an...
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I'd like one doner kebab and a PhD to takeaway
You can call a room above a kebab shop a university and make millions, but such degree mills harm UK higher education, says Matthew Chapman. It is a little known fact that Green Lanes in a quiet...
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Higher Channels
Metamorpheus (Sunday 8.15 BBC2) is a rarity that’s welcome for more than one reason. Firstly, it’s concerned with Greek mythology, a subject that doesn’t surface much on television these days outside...