“A Profoundly intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain.” – Oliver Sacks The sobriquets that have been bestowed upon V. S. Ramachandran are many: Wizard of the Brain; a modern Brocca; the […]
Director: The Coen Brothers Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Actors: John Turturro, John Goodman and Judy Davis Awards: Palme d’Or ‘Barton Fink’ is a movie in the mould of ‘Mulholland Drive’ and ‘Adaptation’. If you […]
This book completely alters the way one thinks of thinking. – The New York Times The humour, breadth, and clarity of thought make this work essential reading for anyone curious about the human mind. – The Observer […]
“Brian Greene is perhaps the single best explainer of abstruse science in the world today.” – The Washington Post “A pure intellectual adventure, this is about as good as it gets…Greene’s book stands out for […]
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Writers: Based on Julio Cortázar’s short story “Las babas del diablo” Actors: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave and Sarah Miles Country: UK Awards: Cannes Gran Prix Don’t watch ‘Blow-up’ if you are easily […]
“Brain the size of Birmingham, ego just as big,” is how one reviewer describes David Deutsch. Why? Because in his latest book the unassuming but frighteningly intelligent Deutsch has the temerity to disagree with the […]
“All of us are in the gutter, but some of us are staring at the stars,” Oscar Wilde has one of his characters, Lord Darlington, say in his play Lady Windemere’s Fan. The figurative message behind those […]
The dark arts. Black magic. Witchcraft. Voodoo. Necromancy. The names for the practice are many. Its believers legion. Its defenders resolute. It’s not uncommon to hear people from diverse parts of the world talk about […]
Much has been written about the existence of aliens. The number of books on the subject is numerous. Claims of abductions and encounters of the third and fourth kind have reached such alarming proportions that […]
Does beauty truly lie in the eye of the beholder? Do the objects of the universe have an inherent beauty that lies beyond the need for human apprehension? To what extent are we genetically predisposed […]
The bright summer nights of Saint Petersburg had kept Nathan awake for nigh on three weeks now. He cursed softly as the alarm on his mobile phone rang its annoying, nondescript chime. Dishevelled and drained, […]
Scurrying on the hamster-wheel of life for the most part of our existence has left us with no time to wonder. We are so overwhelmed by the pressures of our corporate ways and consumerist […]
Altruism is the unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others. To distinguish it from mere helpfulness, some would go further and say that it is not merely being helpful; it is helpfulness […]
Keats was your quintessential Romantic poet with his simpering stanzas and constant baaing and mooing on the pastures of English literature. What marked Keats was the anti-intellectualism that plagued his writing. Rational thought and scientific […]
Jayala Scattersmith was in thrall with alternative medicine. All it took to get her undying, unwavering support for any medical treatment was to tell her it wasn’t mainstream. If it was unconventional, she loved it. […]
Schuberg Humperdinkle was a teenage musical genius. If you grabbed hold of all the musicians in the world and tossed them in a heap he’d be right there at the top of the pile. If […]
Gareth was white and proud of it. In the scramble to the top of the evolutionary ladder white came first. Not black or brown or red or yellow. White was supreme, superb, superior. White was […]
Abar Filayar bin Zauyar al Haki was a speed demon. At the age of eighteen he collected race cars with the same gusto as a gawky eyed geek collected postage stamps. His garage was a […]
Dr. Angelo Amadeus preferred a bowl of warm stoicism for breakfast, along with two slices of matter-of-fact bread. He also preferred his logic hardboiled (unlike some who like theirs scrambled). His steely grey eyes had […]
Once upon a witching hour, old John Emburley stood upon a lonely bridge and contemplated the end. He had decided that life was a series of nothings – or if it was something then it […]
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