Richard Dawkins
Articles by Richard Dawkins
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Law & Reform
O J Simpson wouldn’t be so lucky again
- 23 January 2012
- 2 comments
A jury must decide “beyond reasonable doubt” if a person is guilty. But this hollow and meaningless phrase confounds justice – so why not borrow from science to ensure a fair verdict?
Religion
Leader: Do you get it now, Prime Minister?
- 14 December 2011
- 225 comments
An open letter to the Rt Hon David Cameron MP from the New Statesman’s Christmas 2011 guest editor, Richard Dawkins.
Religion
Forgive me, spirit of science
- 29 December 2010
- 44 comments
Richard Dawkins on his lifelong love of the King James Bible, which will be 400 years old next year.
Ideas
Accidents of life
- 17 December 2009
- 8 comments
Darwinian theory was the best idea of all time, but why did it take so long to evolve? And what if we had 16 fingers?
Religion
The Tony Blair Foundation
- 02 April 2009
- 12 comments
The author of the God Delusion responds to Tony Blair's article on faith in last week's New Statesman
South America
Art to conserve
- 26 March 2009
Richard Dawkins on how actress Lalla Ward's art is being used to help conserve endangered species - including the bird that inspired Darwin's theory of evolution
Life & Society
Happy Newton Day!
- 13 December 2007
- 167 comments
December 25th is a date to celebrate not because it is the disputed birthday of the "son of God" but because it is the actual birthday of one of the world's greatest men
Life & Society
Diary - Richard Dawkins
- 30 January 2006
Unfortunately, Ofsted gave a rave review to Tony Blair's pet city academy in Gateshead, whose head of science thinks the universe began after the domestication of the dog
