Florence Heath
Florence Heath is the author of Endangered: Is There Hope for the Natural History Museum? (New Culture Forum) She tweets at @flsheath
A miserable specimen
The Natural History Museum seems to have lost faith in the ability of children to understand new concepts and facts
Are all political beliefs ultimately selfish?
Thomas Prosser’s new book argues that there are elements of self-interest and altruism in all political ‘isms’
Atlases aren’t dead yet
Jeremy Black pores over the latest offerings from the scholarly literature on cartography
How the government has exploited our human response to danger
Olivia Hartley speaks to Laura Dodsworth about face masks, religious faith, and how public health has become a criminal justice matter
Diversity season again
Chloé Zhao is the first Asian woman likely to be nominated in the Best Director category for Nomadland, says Christopher Silvester
Boiling the bioethical frog
Have we passed the point of no return? The Covid Physician warns against crossing the bioethical Rubicon
Seven indicators that show infections were falling before Lockdown 3.0
Data from seven different indicators establishes that infections were already in decline in England before the January lockdown
Can Salmond bring down Sturgeon?
Nicola Sturgeon can sacrifice others in order to protect herself
John le Carré: a man who rose through the English class system as it was collapsing
John le Carré’s voice of old-fashioned English authority was one acquired through merit and bearing rather than birth
Shostakovich: Symphonies 9 and 10 (LSO Live)
In terms of sheer wealth of experience, few conductors can compare to Gianandrea Noseda
France since De Gaulle: a radical or conservative republic?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about French reforms and continuities from Georges Pompidou to Francois Hollande.