Idiots, Follies and Misadventures

Mikey Robins

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein The history books are full of heroes and villains… but what about all the idiots? Comedian and armchair historian Mikey Robins tells the astonishing story of human stupidity, one idiot at a ti...

Heresy: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God

Catherine Nixey

'In the beginning was the Word,' says the Gospel of John. This sentence - and the words of all four gospels - is central to the teachings of the Christian church and has shaped Western art, literature and language, and the Western mind.Yet in the years after the death of Christ there was not merely one ...