Der Untergang (Downfall) – reviewed for SAU Blog, April 28th 2005
Downfall loomed large in 2005 as a cultural phenomenon. Perhaps, at that point, the fact that some of the survivors of Hitler’s bunker were still alive made it all the…
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How book reviewing works – my first thoughts on Raymond Tallis’ “The Mystery of Being Human”
Recently my review of Raymond Tallis’ “The Mystery of Being Human” appeared in the TLS. This review had a somewhat convoluted gestation. Put simply, I didn’t like the book much.…
From “How Christianity Invented Modernity”, Rupert Shortt, TLS, December 14th 2016
News that we inhabit a post-secular world – thanks precisely to globalization and democratization, most societies now display high levels of religious practice – has also yet to permeate bien-pensant…
Nabokov and Epilepsy – my letter to the TLS
I have a Letter to the Editor in the current TLS responding to Galya Diment’s piece on Vladimir Nabokov and epilepsy. The letter is behind a paywall but you can see the much…
From More equal than others, Julian Baggini, TLS 20/7/16
Julian Baggini has a witty, stylish review of various books on the ethics of the human, animal relationship in the latest TLS. I was particularly struck by his trenchant criticism of utilitarian…
No off-switch – review of “The Man Who Couldn’t Stop” by David Adam. TLS 16 July 2014
Although this is explicitly not a self-help book, perhaps the highest praise I can give is that I regularly recommend this in clinical practice and have had very positive feedback…
Filter It. Reviews of “Take Me To The Source” by Rupert Wright and “The Blue Death” by Robert D Morris, TLS, 17/10/08
I previously posted my submitted text of this reviews but, thanks again to Maren Meinhardt, I am herein re-posting the actual published text. FILTER IT Rupert Wright TAKE ME TO…
Review of Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Neil Pemberton and Michael Worboys, TLS, 12/12/08
I had a fruitful correspondence with Neil Pemberton after this was published on urban noise in the Victorian era, which was supposed to link into my magnum opus on the…
Séamus Sweeney 