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Andrew Mueller revels in the vituperative opinions of HL Mencken
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Book review: Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong
Ophelia Benson finds Karen Armstrong's spiritual manifesto lacking in spirit and laughs
Inside the mind of Scientology’s Messiah
Twenty-five years after his death, Michael Bywater revisits the sacred texts of the pulp science writer turned prophet L Ron Hubbard
Book review: Capital Affairs by Frank Mort
Louise Foxcroft exposes the dirty secrets of '50s London
Book review: The Honour Code by Kwame Anthony Appiah
Stephen Howe decodes Anthony Appiah
What’s the big deal?
From poker to Shithead, Canasta to cribbage, Sally Feldman extols the joys and rewards of card games
People get ready
A new exhibition of James Barnor’s photography provides a route-map of Afro-Modernism. Kobena Mercer gets it in focus
Science, God’s Philosophers and the Dark Ages
The claims made by James Hannam regarding the birth of modern science in the Middle Ages do not stand up to scrutiny, says Charles Freeman
Book review: The Management Myth – Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong
Andrew Mueller enters the world of consultancy
In defence of God’s Philosophers
Historian James Hannam responds to Charles Freeman's critique of his book on the medieval foundations of modern science, which was nominated for the Royal Society's prize for science books