New Statesman - <![CDATA[Mark Vernon]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/mark_vernon en <![CDATA[Power and wisdom]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2008/07/hadrian-philosopher-slave http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2008/07/hadrian-philosopher-slave Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:07:34 GMT Mark Vernon What could an ex-slave teach Hadrian? Quite a lot, actually

]]> <![CDATA[The art of the aphorism]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2008/03/spin-profound-life-empty http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2008/03/spin-profound-life-empty Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT Mark Vernon When are the empty words of political spin profound?

]]> <![CDATA[What not to say]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2007/10/vital-aspect-human-vernon http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2007/10/vital-aspect-human-vernon Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT Mark Vernon Mark Vernon explains why putting your foot in it is a vital aspect of being human

]]> <![CDATA[Your right not to know]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2007/04/science-vernon-question http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2007/04/science-vernon-question Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT Mark Vernon In an uncertain age, writes Mark Vernon, we need to question our beliefs

]]> <![CDATA[Believe it or not]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200501100048 http://www.newstatesman.com/200501100048 Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:00:00 GMT Mark Vernon Selling Spirituality: the silent takeover of religion Jeremy Carrette and Richard King Routledge, 194pp, £12.99 ISBN 0415302099

]]> <![CDATA[When the doves get militant]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200308180009 http://www.newstatesman.com/200308180009 Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:00:00 GMT Mark Vernon Observations on church

]]> <![CDATA[Defrocking]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200102050039 http://www.newstatesman.com/200102050039 Mon, 05 Feb 2001 12:00:00 GMT Mark Vernon Religious art - Mark Vernon on contested images of nudity in the Church

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