Silenced for hinting at an Indian Oedipus
Hindus incensed by a discussion of a deity's sexuality sent Paul Courtright death threats and had his book banned. But he still finds hope amid the anger A few weeks ago I received a startling visit...
Hindus incensed by a discussion of a deity's sexuality sent Paul Courtright death threats and had his book banned. But he still finds hope amid the anger A few weeks ago I received a startling visit...
How can a professor of philosophy get a new theory of consciousness across to the public? Daniel Lloyd (right) did it by writing a murder mystery, he tells Walter Ellis It wasn't that hard to be a...
Death is no bar to a successful honorary degree ceremony at the University of the M25. Its spin-meister Ted Prince relates how it is done There are very few occasions when the death of a visiting VIP...
Textbook guide No.16
The Breaking of Nations - The Iraq War - Blair's Wars
Intuition
The Holy Reich
A Devil's Chaplain
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an American author's first and only novel: "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm...
In the Blink of an Eye
Textbook guide No.16
The Breaking of Nations - The Iraq War - Blair's Wars
Intuition
The Holy Reich
A Devil's Chaplain