What can the Gravettians of 27,000 years ago teach us about climate change? Quite a lot.
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Catholic Relief Services – Helping Children Since World War II
School meals provided by Catholic Relief Services benefited many Bosnian children by improving their nutrition, class attendance and education.
Read More »Book Review: Byzantium – The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin
On this account Byzantium didn't just passively preserve ancient traditions, as Gibbon claimed, but creatively developed them.
Read More »Interview with Ed Lynskey, Author of Pelham Fell Here
"You’ve got to be cool in your own skin. You’ve got to be content with your output," says Lynskey.
Read More »DVD Review: Desert Rebels – Ishumars, The Forgotten Rockers Of The Desert
Nobody will ask you for money, nobody is asking for pity, all they want is a chance to tell their story and be heard.
Read More »9/11: In Me For Good
All it takes is a few images on a screen, or even a glance out the window, to bring it all back.
Read More »Book Review: The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy
A lovely telling of one of the Bible's most compelling tales, the story of Deborah.
Read More »Interview with C.W. Gortner, Author of The Last Queen
"My muse is fickle; she tends to tease me with ideas, get me fired up and then desert me when I need her the most."
Read More »Theater Review (London): Liberty at the Globe
There's sex, there's passion, there's politics here, in a nicely, if a touch too calculatingly, assembled mix.
Read More »The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) Seeks to End Bullfighting
Bullfighting: culture or cruelty?
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