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The perils of the human imagination

Ideas drive history. But what if most ideas are evil?

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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are “mirror” twins, which means that they came not only from a single fertilised egg, but…

By Will Dunn

Browne’s Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering the Future of Civilisation, Hughes-Hallet’s Fabulous, and Atkinson’s Big Sky.

By New Statesman

Like ants, humans have warlike tendencies and colonial ambition. But our capacity to accept others sets us apart.

By Bryan Appleyard

The story behind Our Man in Havana reveals a life tied up with espionage and betrayal.

By Ian Thomson

In a global marketplace, Britain’s multiracial culture is arguably its biggest selling point – but its history of racism still casts…

By K Biswas

The diarist has been mythologised as a brave witness to evil, but it’s as an ordinary teenager growing into maturity that…

By Rachel Holmes

As teaching is so often discussed in terms of drudgery, disenchantment and disciplinary helplessness, Clanchy’s book is a welcome remedial.…

By Andrew McCallum