Mark Vernon

Society

Last days of the glee club

• 29 November 2010
• 1 comment

Happiness was all the rage among politicians, but attempts to measure the experience suggest it is far from an exact science.

Books

The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society

• 28 October 2010

Society

You have to be kind to be cruel

• 06 September 2010
• 3 comments

Empathy is held up as humanity’s moral salvation, but scientific study exposes its dark and dangerous side.

Ideas

Power and wisdom

• 31 July 2008

What could an ex-slave teach Hadrian? Quite a lot, actually

Ideas

The art of the aphorism

• 13 March 2008

When are the empty words of political spin profound?

Ideas

What not to say

• 25 October 2007

Mark Vernon explains why putting your foot in it is a vital aspect of being human

Ideas

Your right not to know

• 09 April 2007
• 4 comments

In an uncertain age, writes Mark Vernon, we need to question our beliefs

Books

Believe it or not

• 10 January 2005

Selling Spirituality: the silent takeover of religion Jeremy Carrette and Richard King Routledge, 194pp, £12.99 ISBN 0415302099

Society

When the doves get militant

• 18 August 2003

Observations on church

Culture

Defrocking

• 05 February 2001

Religious art - Mark Vernon on contested images of nudity in the Church