Richard Dawkins
What does Christian atheism mean?
Slavoj Žižek claims to value Christianity’s ‘dissident’ credentials, but his atheist vision of reality rests on assumptions repeatedly challenged by Jesus
Is Richard Dawkins a Christian?
When the New Atheism thing was new, I wrote a piece saying that the people who supported it were pretentious…
Richard Dawkins' views on Down's syndrome aren't a surprise
Irish radio host Brendan O’Connor is not interested in having an emotional discussion. He’s just curious: if a man of…
What have you changed your mind about? A Spectator Christmas survey
Grayson Perry In 1992 I created a graphic novel called Cycle of Violence. Reading it now, the initially striking thing…
Why everyone loves Dolly Parton
When her musical 9 to 5 opened at the Savoy Theatre earlier this year, Dolly Parton stayed at the Savoy…
Letters: Remainers lost – and Richard Dawkins needs to accept that
Deny Remainers oxygen Sir: Your correspondent Richard Dawkins seems to have a very tenuous grasp of logic for an academic…
I was a Remainer – but I now want no deal
When I told two neighbours that I had become a no-deal Brexiter they physically recoiled from me. ‘You can’t.’ ‘But…
Common sense is the real generation gap – just ask John Cleese
As I write these words, I regret to inform you, John Cleese is on his way to being cancelled. Now…
We need Christianity more than ever in this Age of Atheists
Have we ever needed Christianity more than we do today? It’s a rhetorical question, for sure, because the loss of…
A poetic and jargon-free textbook on theoretical physics is a surprise Christmas bestseller
How a book on relativity and quantum theory became a surprise hit
This novel is hilarious (unless you're Richard Dawkins)
Dan Rhodes apparently had trouble finding a publisher for this short novel, and it’s possible to envisage a certain amount…
It’s amazing how many different subjects Sir Thomas Browne’s latest biographer doesn’t care about
On the evening of 10 March 1804, Samuel Taylor Coleridge settled at a desk in an effort to articulate what…
I know that Richard Dawkins is wrong about Down’s syndrome, because I know my son
I know that people with Down’s syndrome are not better off dead, because I know my son
The bizarre – and costly – cult of Richard Dawkins
It’s like a church without the good bits. Membership starts from $85 a month
Christians – and Muslims – still behave better than the rest of us
Two years ago this week the philosopher Alain de Botton unveiled his proposals for a giant gilded tower in central…
Richard Dawkins interview: 'I have a certain love for the Anglican tradition'
Richard Dawkins shows off his human side
E.O. Wilson has a new explanation for consciousness, art & religion. Is it credible?
His publishers describe this ‘ground-breaking book on evolution’ by ‘the most celebrated living heir to Darwin’ as ‘the summa work…
