10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators From members of the Monty Python crew to famous evolutionary biologists, here are some of the strangest hook-ups in rock history Metal Hammer · May 21, 2024
Daniel Dennett obituary Controversial US philosopher who sought to understand and explain the science of the mind The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024
As America Becomes More Secular, American Religion Will Need To Become More Urban It's in cities that greater absolute numbers of religious people can compensate for declining per capita rates of religious observance. Reason · Apr 4, 2024
OPINION - An old poison is back in the world, but I am overwhelmed with sympathy for both sides Last month I was asked to be one of the first “signatories” of the October Declaration, which has to date been signed by 130,000 others including Tom Stoppard, Liz Truss and Richard Dawkins. This open letter condemns all acts of terrorism against civilians in Israel on October 7. Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2023
Science hasn’t gone ‘woke’ – the only people meddling with it are the Tories Michelle Donelan’s plan to ‘depoliticise’ science with new guidelines on sex and gender research is a chilling move, says science writer Philip Ball The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023
I’ve Been Thinking by Daniel C Dennett review – an engaging, vexing memoir with a humility bypass The veteran US philosopher renowned for his theories of consciousness is an intriguing figure but too prone to ‘professorial preening’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023
Aliens could be spiders the size of elephants Aliens could be spiders the size of elephants, according to Richard Dawkins. During an online QA, the famous atheist said that if aliens came from a similar planet to Earth they would probably look like humans, but if they came from somewhere with a “much weaker gravitational pull”, they could… The Week · Aug 17, 2023
Richard Dawkins: everything you need to know about the world’s most famous atheist The 82-year old evolutionary biologist is one of Britain’s most provocative thinkers Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2023
Much wow, very meme: what the revival of the ancient doge meme tells us about the lifecycle of the internet In early April, when Elon Musk randomly and very briefly replaced the Twitter bird logo with the face of the “doge” meme, the value of the dogecoin both rose and fell by a matter of billions of dollars in value on the cryptomarket. The Conversation · Apr 24, 2023
The God Desire by David Baddiel review – not quite losing my religion The comedian’s attempt to reconcile his lack of faith with his Jewish identity places him in an intriguing position in an often polarised debate The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023
David Baddiel: ‘Football fills a God-shaped hole’ Ahead of a new book about our need for faith, the ‘militant atheist’ discusses oversharing, identity – and why he’s distancing himself from Richard Dawkins The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023
Doomsday bunkers, Mars and 'The Mindset': the tech bros trying to outsmart the end of the world Douglas Rushkoff’s newest book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, grew out of a brilliant 2018 Medium article of the same name, which went viral and had people (aka his US editor) clamouring for a full-length treatment. The Conversation · Oct 3, 2022
Who was James Lovelock, what is Gaia theory, and why does it matter today? The scientist credited with inventing Gaia theory has been celebrated by everyone from the New-Age movement to nuclear power advocates. But what is the late James Lovelock's lasting legacy to science? ABC News · Aug 5, 2022
Rev Richard Coles and Richard Dawkins dine across the divide: ‘The problem is he’s not swayed by evidence but by feeling’ In our celebrity Dining across the divide special, the cleric meets the atheist biologist. Can they find any understanding on the value of faith? The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2022 The zoologist sticking her neck out in the battle of the sexes Our ideas about males and females are wildly out of date, says zoologist Lucy Cooke. Here, she reveals some radical truths about the birds, the bees… and the bonobos
Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2022 Londoner’s Diary: Historian fears being left out of Reese’s NFTs plan Author claims on Witherspoon film / Psychedelic Richard Dawkins / Speakers love-in / The Queen: causes memory loss / Fashion week parties / Corbyn and Chaplin / Wine fan whip