The Letters of Kingsley Amis contains a bravura passage in which Amis, writing to Philip Larkin sometime in 1982, complains about the theory of novel-writing espoused by their mutual friend Anthony Powell. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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John Dear is a Catholic priest who has chosen an especially haunted place to keep vigil. For the past 12 years, he has lived alongside the Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico, birthplace of the atomic age and the country’s flagship nuclear facility, where he organizes regular protests. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended … Continue reading →

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Here is what is known about the Voynich manuscript, a mysterious document that has bedeviled scholars and top cryptographers for more than a century: It consists of 246 pages of handwritten script and illustrations. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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For decades, controversy has marred the legacy of Martin Heidegger, whose theories and complicity with the Nazi regime led many to brand him an anti-Semite. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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University professors have teamed up with the Chicago police department to develop a new technology which will allegedly predict violent criminal behavior. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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