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Category Archives: Books
Book Review: A Very British Muslim Activist
What an incredible journey Ghayasuddin Siddiqui has been on. Arriving in Sheffield as an impoverished Chemistry PhD student from Pakistan in the early 1960s, he would be heavily involved in the earliest UK student Islamic societies. It would be a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Government, Islam, islamophobia
Tagged a very british muslim activist, ghayasuddin siddiqui, muslim parliament
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Book Review: The Quran: Epic and Apocalypse by Todd Lawson
What is an epic and what is an apocalypse? After reading this book, it seems that Todd Lawson, an Emeritus Professor of Islamic Thought at Toronto university in Canada, is arguing that an epic provides a narrative about human origins, … Continue reading
Book Review: Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker’s new book, Enlightenment Now, comes with an impressive recommendation from no less a figure than the principal founder of Microsoft and noted philanthropist, Bill Gates, who describes it as “my new favourite book of all time.” For my … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Islam
Tagged david deutsch, enlightenment now, humanism, religion, secularism, steven pinker
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The 40th Anniversary of Attenborough’s Life On Earth
Today sees the publication of an updated 40th anniversary edition of David Attenborough’s classic book which accompanied his major BBC TV series, Life on Earth (though I think the publication of this anniversary edition has been brought forward a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Science & Evolution
Tagged 40th anniversary, david attenborough, life on earth
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Book Review: The Fight (Ali vs Foreman) by Norman Mailer
For years I had been meaning to get round to reading Norman Mailer’s The Fight but somehow other books kept diverting me away. Finally, a couple of months ago I bought it to read on my Kindle on my commute … Continue reading
Book Review: A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carré
I recall first hearing about George Smiley back when I was in Primary school. Alec Guinness was portraying him at the time in the now classic BBC TV adaptation of John Le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. George Smiley, the … Continue reading
Book Review: The Human Instinct by Kenneth R. Miller
I have written previously on several occasions (see here for an example) about the influence that Professor Kenneth R. Miller’s splendid book “Finding Darwin’s God” had on me. Miller, a believing Catholic, very persuasively tackled a series of common objections … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Science & Evolution
Tagged consciousness, evolution, free will, kenneth miller, sam harris, the human instinct
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