Category: Features

• May 30, 2014

  Why is it so?

  While working at a second-hand book shop one summer, I overheard a call from a man looking to sell a complete set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His offer was met with a gentle, web-weary sigh. “To be honest mate, you’d have a hard time giving those away right now.” After he’d hung up, he turned…
• May 30, 2014

  A Temple for Atheists

  In May last year psychotherapist Philippa Perry addressed a London audience hoping to learn the most elusive secret of modern society:  How to stay sane. “If you’re worried about going insane,” she began, “you very rarely are.” She pauses, peering at the audience through her thick-rimmed glasses. “Because those who are truly insane never worry about that.”…