Life: On Lasting love
We live in a world that loves to fall in love, though flounders when it comes to making love last. So what's the trick to standing in love?...more -
Life: On men's friendship
Friendship between men is often presented as more problematic than between women. Men are competitive; woman naturally intimate. Is that right?...more -
LIFE: On having children
It's one of the most important things people do in life. And yet, perhaps it's mostly those couples who find difficulty in having children that question why we do it....more 
Comment: On Self centre Buddhism
At a meditation retreat, I learned to watch myself. But would it be more effective if the aim wasn't my own wellbeing?...more -
Comment: On The economics of mistrust
The current crisis might not sink us financially. But when the dust settles, how will our sense of humanity have fared?...more -
Comment: On Galileo
Face to faith: Galileo's lunar work drew on another Christian iconoclast who had lived 1,000 years earlier...more -
Philosophy: On science and religion
Charles Taylor shows how faith and scientific progress both require leaps into the unknown...more -
Philosophy: On Jesus
AN Wilson's 'Jesus' shows how anyone combing the gospels for history is likely to be disappointed...more -
Philosophy: On Plato
Plato increasingly looks not just like a generator of footnotes, but a philosopher whose time is coming again...more