New Statesman -

Little things that matter

Bryan Appleyard — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:15:33 GMT

How We Live and Why We Die: the Secret Lives of Cells Lewis Wolpert Faber & Faber, 240pp, �14.99

My life as a sock puppet

Bryan Appleyard — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT

I have become the sort of person who sits in Earls Court watching pop bands warm up and eating steak sandwiches. Who am I?

Drugs and debauchery

Bryan Appleyard — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT

The Death of Marco Pantani: a biography Matt Rendell Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 324pp, �16.99 ISBN 0297850962

Religion: who needs it?

Bryan Appleyard — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT

We live in times where the power of religious belief can often appear terrifying. Yet in many countries religion is declining as dramatically as it is thriving in others. In this special issue we ask how important religion still is in the modern world - and can it survive in a future where science and technology are the gods? Bryan Appleyard begins in Britain - and finds the church in trouble

The great beyond. Today the idea of space travel has a dated feel, but it was once a heroic quest that epitomised man's struggle to transcend his limitations. Bryan Appleyard recalls the era of the space dreamers, when the moon seemed like the first step to the stars

Bryan Appleyard — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Space Race: the untold story of two rivals and their struggle for the moon Deborah Cadbury Fourth Estate, 372pp, �20 ISBN 0007209959

The locked room

Bryan Appleyard — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:00:00 GMT

I Am Alive and You Are Dead: a journey into the mind of Philip K Dick Emmanuel Carrere; translated by Timothy Bent Bloomsbury, 336pp, �17.99 ISBN 0747569193

Deep ignorance

Bryan Appleyard — Mon, 09 May 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Why Most Things Fail: evolution, extinction and economics Paul Ormerod Faber & Faber, 255pp, �12.99 ISBN 0571220126

Forgotten favourites - Disappearing act

Bryan Appleyard — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:00:00 GMT

The Invisible Man H G Wells Kessinger Publishing, 140pp, �15.95 ISBN 141916757X

Safety in numbers

Bryan Appleyard — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 12:00:00 GMT

The Wisdom of Crowds James Surowiecki Little, Brown, 295pp, �16.99 ISBN 0316861731

The misery of plenty

Bryan Appleyard — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:00:00 GMT

The Paradox of Choice: why more is less Barry Schwartz HarperCollins, 265pp, �14.99 ISBN 0060005688