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Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? - Prospect
In her concise and authoritative new book, Clare Carlisle seeks to rescue Spinoza from those who peddle misconceptions—on all sides. A professor of philosophy at King’s College London and author of a recent biography of Søren Kierkegaard, Carlisle also edited George Eliot’s translation of the Ethics last year. She argues that Spinoza was a …
The world’s top 50 thinkers 2020 - Prospect
Jul 14, 2020 · The immediate relevance of some of our thinkers to the Covid-19 era speaks for itself: vaccinologist Sarah Gilbert and science writer Ed Yong being prime examples. Just as interesting, however, are those who work in fields a mile away from medicine, but who have nonetheless acquired a new salience in the dark and peculiar circumstances of 2020.
The madness of his method: behind the singular talent of
February 18, 2018. Most film stars tipped to collect a fourth best actor Oscar—their sixth Academy Award nomination overall—would barely be out of the public eye. But Daniel Day-Lewis has a talent for disappearing. When taking on a role, he hunkers down for months or even years of preparation. Between films he steps away entirely, provoking ...
The World’s Top Thinkers 2024: ideas for a world on the brink
Dec 6, 2023 · On the theme of freedom, our thinkers put forward contentious ideas: that the history of the British Empire is “morally mixed”; that the greatest threat from cancel culture isn’t to freedom of speech; that the left has much in common with the reactionary right; that liberals have paved the right’s way to power; and that homophobia in ...
Why Conrad's The Secret Agent is the perfect novel for our time
May 10, 2019 · At the time Conrad was one of a handful of writers capable of bridging the gap between paramount artistic ambition—repurposed for the machine age by Ezra Pound with his slogan, “Make it New!”—and the quotidian enjoyment of a rattling good yarn. To read Conrad—and this is true in particular of The Secret Agent (1907)—is to find ...
Wes Streeting: The man who would be Keir - Prospect
Jul 19, 2023 · The model for the first genre is Churchill, who had rather a lot of ground to cover. We await Liz Truss’s contribution with bated breath. The second genre is more common in America than Britain and is typified by Barack Obama’s The Audacity of Hope, with its fusion of the political and the personal.Keir Starmer was planning to write one of these but dropped the idea earlier this year, much ...
Interview: John Agard—“those who weren't given a voice
The Royal Festival Hall’s Blue Room has gone dark. “Ladies and gentlemen!” a voice with an American accent announces. “It gives me great pleasure to introduce the admiral of the ocean sea, live and direct from the old world to the new, and the new world to the old; viceroy and governor in perpetuo; property developer by the grace of God for his exalted sponsors; Ferdinand of Aragon and ...
The surprising history of “Rule, Britannia!” and Last ... - Prospect
Aug 26, 2020 · The chance to modernise the proceedings came only when Sargent retired and was replaced by Colin Davies. For the 1969 celebrations, the Controller of the Proms, William Glock, removed both “Land of Hope and Glory” and “Rule, Britannia!”—but the outrage led to both being reinstated. As the BBC commentator observed, the “Bring Back ...
Constance Debré: A rage to live - Prospect
Jul 10, 2024 · A rage to live. The choices made by Constance Debré—as described in her novels— have shocked people in her native France. Turns out, she doesn’t care. By Ellen Peirson-Hagger. July 10, 2024. “I don’t want to talk about my life,” says Constance Debré. It’s a surprising admission from someone who divorced her husband, started ...