Category: Books
Celling point: scientist makes Darwin’s Origin of Species with bacteria
Molecular biologist Dr Simon Park has made a very unusual edition of the classic text, using bacteria to create the cover One of the earliest copies of The Origin of Species next to a life-size bust o... Read More
Why we’ll continue our fight to save Lambeth’s Carnegie Library
Since its closure last month, the Carnegie Library in Lambeth has been under peaceful occupation – but the council’s response to the message of defiance has been patchy Carnegie Library at Loughbo... Read More
Michael Mann planning Heat prequel novel, film version probably won’t star De Niro and Pacino
A respected writer and director in the world of film, Michael Mann is turning his attention to novels, revisiting the world of one of his most acclaimed films in the process. Having made a deal to la... Read More
The 100 best nonfiction books: No 10 – The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
What is man, and what are we for? Remarkably, it was not until Charles Darwinpublished On the Origin of Species in 1859 that anyone, in our history, had thought methodically to address the reason for ... Read More