Olympic Myths #2 – The Olympic Torch: Author article by Neil Faulkner
Neil Faulkner is the author of A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics. In this regular blog, he comments on the London 2012 Olympics in the light of the wisdom (or lack of it) of the ancients. Article by Neil Faulkner So the Olympic torch is on its way to London. Watching the lighting of the flame … Read more
The Forever Wars: Author David Keen discusses how global conflicts are deliberately sustained
David Keen is the author of the controversial new book Useful Enemies: When Waging Wars is More Important Than Winning Them. Here he discusses conflicts in Sudan, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, and investigates the way these conflicts are wilfully sustained and the methods used to perpetuate them. Article by David Keen My book Useful Enemies is really … Read more
The Real Dr Dee: Author article by Glyn Parry
Historian Glyn Parry discusses the subject of his new biography The Arch Conjuror of England: John Dee, a book which ‘rescues Dr Dee from the shadows of his own secrecy and restored him as a glittering light in the magical Elizabethan firmament’ (Sunday Telegraph). Here Parry unpacks the misinformation, hearsay and slander surrounding this mysterious and influential figure, … Read more
The Birth of a New Industrial Revolution: Author article by Peter Marsh
Peter Marsh is a top Financial Times journalist and author of The New Industrial Revolution: Consumers, Globalization and the End of Mass Production, an upbeat analysis of the imminent manufacturing revolution. Here Marsh discusses the history of global manufacturing, the effect of the financial crisis and the social and economic benefits that a new industrial revolution could bring. Article by … Read more
Sex, Scripture and Status: Belinda Jack on the treatment of women readers throughout history
Published soon, The Woman Reader by Belinda Jack is the first book to address the controversies associated with women’s reading throughout history, and to show how vastly different women’s reading experiences have often been compared to those of men. Here she discusses her ambitious book, one of Yale’s most anticipated titles in 2012. Belinda Jack … Read more
