When Britannia ruled the southern waves
In 1798, Tipu Sultan of Mysore sent an embassy to Mauritius. At home, he had fought the British and seen…
The tsunami of stuff we have and want is based on culture and economics
In 1993, the photographer Peter Menzel travelled across the globe to capture our material world. In each country, he asked…
Nothing new under the sun
Rupert Sheldrake had it coming. In A New Science of Life (1981), he argued that animals and plants have inherited…
