May 2009
“If you accept an argument as correct, of course, you do not have to act on this,...”
– Helen DeWitt
The unseen photographs that throw new light on the... →
A treasure trove of First World War photographs was discovered recently in France. They show British soldiers on their way to the Somme. But who took them? And who were these Tommies marching off to die?
“It took years after I’d graduated from Amherst to realize that people were...”
– David Foster Wallace
“When a painter introduces into this kind of work of art chimerae and other...”
– Michelangelo
How Neanderthals met a grisly fate: devoured by... →
One of science’s most puzzling mysteries - the disappearance of the Neanderthals - may have been solved. Modern humans ate them, says a leading fossil expert.
“It’s very hard for most of us to tolerate being loved.”
– George Vaillant
