The Better Angels of Our Nature

The Better Angels of Our NatureContrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. Extraordinarily, however, Steven Pinker shows violence within and between societies both murder and warfare really has declined from prehistory to today. We are much less likely to die at

‘Supersonic’ and finishing with their last release ‘Falling Down’

Edward Ranney

an evocative journey into the maze of memory

Italian photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego crossed the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan

"The tragedies that hurt the most are those that sufferers have chosen for themselves

a 1994 documentary about the filmmaker by Diawara and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

world-renowned scholar Catherine Conybeare traces Augustine's travels from North Africa to the European continent and back again

Capitalism passed this point long ago

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Baker's slow builds and taut vocals add urgency to "Souvenir" and "Stay Down

Introduced by Hilary Mantel

Whether recalling the poignant presence of her friend Joseph Cornell or simply marveling at the facades along a Venice canal