Food as illustration

In Western Europe we take holidays on the Mediterranean, we hear about migrants attempting to cross it, we imagine our … More

A book on the wall

For a small, softly-spoken country, Scotland carries a large intellectual stick. Voltaire said that ‘we look to Scotland for all … More

My long-interrupted project to read or re-read all of Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion books has at last been resumed, after … More

Illustration is a word that usually implies instrumentality, a visual work that’s auxiliary to something else. More broadly, you might … More

I’ve read a lot of popular science books over the years, but never until now have I felt a real … More

General relativity tells us something enticing about time. It doesn’t tell us what many would like it to tell us, … More

There’s something wonderful about being immersed in the world of a book, something which for me is even more pronounced … More