John Gray

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The Man in the High Castle

  • 08 October 2009

Uncivilisation: the Dark Mountain Manifesto

  • 10 September 2009
  • 4 comments

We have, it seems, led the planet into the age of ecocide. Can civilisation survive the unavoidable environmental catastrophe? To stand a chance we will need cool heads, not fiery dreams.

The Red Flag: Communism and the Making of the Modern World

  • 27 August 2009
  • 6 comments

Western progressives nostalgic for the Soviet Union shouldn’t get too excited by the global financial crisis, writes John Gray. A fine new history of communism shows why

Facts Are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade Without a Name

  • 16 July 2009
  • 1 comment

The “historian of the present” Timothy Garton Ash claims to look at the world with unflinching honesty. But he is not facing facts

When China Rules the World

  • 18 June 2009
  • 17 comments

It is clear that the rise of China marks the end of western global hegemony, but just what the coming Chinese ascendency will look like is another matter.

God Is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith Is Changing the World

  • 21 May 2009
  • 18 comments

Contrary to what evangelical rationalists preach, it is perfectly possible both to be modern and to believe in God. But there is no reason to assume that the American religious model will prevail

Appreciation: J G Ballard

  • 23 April 2009
  • 1 comment

His writings were a lifelong experiment in imaginative alchemy, the transmutation of senseless dross into visions of beauty

After the gold rush

  • 23 April 2009
  • 2 comments

The spree is over, the global economy is in ruins and our political masters are in disarray. Make no mistake, writes John Gray, the neoliberal era is over – but at what cost?

A difficult business

  • 16 April 2009

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Alain de Botton Hamish Hamilton, 336pp, £18.99

The book that changed my life

  • 05 February 2009
  • 2 comments

John Gray chooses The Pursuit of the Millennium by Norman Cohn

Green heroes

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20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

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20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

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