15 Oct Philosophy & Psychology Steven Pinker’s insights on how ‘common knowledge’ shapes our individual lives and societies 15/10/2025 By Jamie Roberts 0 comments I don’t know about you, but ever since I can remember – from my early teens – I have been bemused about the endless rituals we humans p... Continue reading
10 Oct History Inquiry versus polemic in grappling with history and language 18/10/2025 By Paul Monk 0 comments Suppose you were in an English language class and your teacher or professor insisted that the use of language in all old books, going b... Continue reading
17 Sep History Blainey’s ‘quiet classic’ on war and peace 15/10/2025 By Paul Monk 0 comments Geoffrey Blainey is 95 – a venerable age. He remains lucid and productive even so – rather like David Attenborough, who, at 99, has jus... Continue reading
06 Feb Ethics & Religion Robert Harris, Edward Berger and the Vatican 15/10/2025 By Paul Monk 0 comments Robert Harris is a gifted historical novelist, whose work spans millennia on topics from ancient Rome (Imperium, Pompeii, Dictator) to ... Continue reading
04 Apr Ethics & Religion Hardaker’s take on the rise and fall of Hillsong and Houston 04/04/2024 By Rosie Clare Shorter 0 comments Hillsong was first formed in 1983 by Brian and Bobbie Houston as the “decidedly functional, even dowdy” The Hills Christian Life Centre... Continue reading
13 Feb Law & Politics The imperfect union of two presidents 13/02/2023 By Reg Naulty 0 comments Joe Biden's relationship with Barack Obama, as explored by Gabriel Debenedetti in The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Bide... Continue reading
24 Dec History Gorbachev’s appeal for peace and freedom 13/02/2023 By Reg Naulty 0 comments As a world statesman and a student of world affairs, Mikhail Gorbachev’s perspective is worth having. His 2019 book, What Is at Stake N... Continue reading
07 Jul Law & Politics Reason and unreason in the critique of Western civilisation 13/02/2023 By Paul Monk 0 comments Douglas Murray is a wonderfully free spirit who lucidly tackles the manias of political correctness with erudition, panache and limpid ... Continue reading
09 Apr Law & Politics A review: The struggle for India’s soul 13/02/2023 By Reg Naulty 0 comments What precipitated Shashi Tharoor’s new book, The Struggle for India’s Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy, is the path t... Continue reading