Saturday, June 28, 2014

Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil, by Paul Bloom

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I reviewed Paul Bloom 's latest book for the December 2013  Literary Review ; it is reproduced here with permission. Why are we good...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Who's Got Hold of Children's Imaginations?

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To the Sage Gateshead yesterday for BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival , and an event with acclaimed novelist Patrick Ness on the t...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Shortlisted: Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2013

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Pieces of Light has made the shortlist for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2013. Here is today's  press release :...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

A Writers' Alphabet

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One fun thing that happened to me at the Edinburgh International Book Festival was that I was grabbed by the nice people at Guardian Book...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

Three days in Edinburgh

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I just got back from my visit to the Edinburgh International Book Festival —tired, footsore and with fresh and vivid memories of some lovely...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Inner Speech: an episode of The Forum

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Last week I was at Broadcasting House in London to record an episode of The Forum , the ideas and discussion show that goes out on BBC Wor...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

At the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2013

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Next week I'll be at the Edinburgh International Book Festival for a series of events on familiar (for me) themes of memory, identity...