Cartographical imperatives

What’s in a Year: A Countryman’s Tale Through ...

A personal approach to the Renaissance

Ancient India gave the world its number system, anticipated Galileo’s heliocentric theory by a millennium and spread its culture from Egypt to Siberia–only to be almost entirely forgotten. It’s past time to restore it to its rightful place in history

Two contrasting visions of humanity’s future in space

According to the AngelNav app on my iPad, the GPS reading in my study this afternoon is accurate to less than two metres. Hooray for that! This sort of mind-blistering precision breeds innate confiden

Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth ...