How to dance with the dead
Two new books examine how we cope with the inevitable, and suggest that Britain has much to learn from other cultures.
Culture
In a word: “Process”
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.
Illumination in Hay-on-Wye
A trip to HowTheLightGetsIn festival brings philosophy alive.
With “Station Eleven”, apocalyptic fiction has come of age
In a post-Covid world, apocalyptic stories have matured and become far more interesting.
Book review: What Strange Paradise
A new novel by Omar El Akkad centres on the story of a Syrian boy seeking sanctuary in Europe.
For explorer Bruce Parry, the journey home may be the hardest
Television explorer Bruce Parry has trekked the Arctic and lived with Amazonian tribes. But can he build a community in rural Wales?
Book review: Video Games, Violence and the Ethics of Fantasy
Does the virtual nature of video game violence make it "okay to play"? Philosopher Christopher Bartel explores the moral implications.
Playground for the soul
HowTheLightGetsIn festival, in Hay-on-Wye this June, aims to change the way people think about philosophy.
In a word: “Immunise”
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.
Book review: Accidental Gods
Explorers from the time of Columbus have been revered as deities by the Indigenous peoples they encountered A new book asks why.