Blood Matters
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With staggering courage, she comes to terms with the loss of her mother aged only 49, while embarking on a quest to learn as much as she can about genetics. Knowing…
Art & Culture
Jamie Cullum, Jazz Emotion
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Cullum burst on the scene in 2003 with Twentysomething, a selection of standards, originals and surprising cover versions, including Hendrix’s ‘Wind Cries Mary’. His new album The Pursuit begins with…
The Philosopher and the Wolf
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The metaphor the writer finds for the animal is unusual: the wolf is like the clearing in a forest, allowing what is hidden to be uncovered. For Rowlands (the philosopher) –…
Conquering Carbon
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Central to Jackson’s thinking is that putting a price on carbon in a capitalist economy would cut emissions, while her argument for altering our relationship with carbon by learning how best…
Untitled II. The Beautiful Renaissance
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A collection of some of the most sophisticated and challenging street art from around the world, these images fittingly come with the proviso that they have been gathered without the…
Island Man
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Chris Blackwell founded Island Records 50 years ago exactly. Blackwell, whose family owned a large sugar and rum export company in Jamaica, dropped out of Harrow School, London when he…
The BLDGBLOG Book
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In his brilliantly executed blog BLDGBLOG, begun in 2004 and read by millions, Geoff Manaugh decided to write only about the things that invigorated him: archaeology, astronomy, underground cities, J.…
Think! Before It’s Too Late
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We may have landed men on the moon, can fly faster than the speed of sound and transplant a human heart, but can we effectively rise to the challenge of…
Call Of The Wild
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Wild Beasts from Kendal, close to the Scottish border in the north-west of England, are a case in point. With their first album Limbo, Panto they served up a complex…
