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Since the dawn of time

By Dan Jones - 05 November

Two hundred years after Darwin’s birth, scientists still can’t agree on whether evolution and religion can happily coexist

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What do you call a male ferret?

By Mark Watson - 05 November

Good idea: Trust the experts

By Alyssa McDonald - 05 November

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“I am a Leninist. Lenin wasn’t afraid to dirty his hands. If you can get power, grab it”

By Jonathan Derbyshire - 29 October

The eminent thinker Slavoj Žižek tells Jonathan Derbyshire why he rejects mainstream political theory, why he supports Barack Obama, and why we need Marx more than ever

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Interview with Slavoj Zizek - full transcript

By Jonathan Derbyshire - 29 October

Good idea: Starting from scratch

By Samira Shackle - 29 October

Good idea: Think big, not business

By Samira Shackle - 22 October

Warhol: the God years

By Sholto Byrnes - 22 October

The artist’s religious faith sets his work in a new light

Classics of conservative thought

08 October

Including Thomas Hobbes, David Hume and Roger Scruton

To be honest, it’s totally random

By Will Self - 08 October

The lexicon that grips the masses

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Books

Paul Auster

Interview

Alain de Botton

Pop art

The end of irony?

Film review

Bright Star

Classical music

Alfred Schnittke

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Jason Cowley

On Philip Roth

Slavoj Žižek

Lenin was right

Critics

Tim Adams Andrew Billen Rachel Cooke John Gray Ryan Gilbey Leo Robson Antonia Quirke

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