Thursday June 21 Britain is a bewilderingly motley nation of phlegmatic grumblers, says the author and editor – a seaside resort-going, class-conscious people haunted by loss of empire, and we can’t even agree on what the country is called Continue reading… Thursday June 21 Many thought that 9/11 was the start of an Al-Qaeda assault on the West, but it turned out to be Bin Laden’s Pearl Harbor – a victory that led to strategic defeat – says one of the few reporters who met the Saudi-born militant Continue reading… Wednesday June 20 As the US gears up for Obama-Romney 2012, the statistician and author of Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State uncovers the (often surprising) realities of how Americans of different backgrounds vote Continue reading… Tuesday June 19 The author of an acclaimed trilogy about landscape and human thought tells us about the intrepid, sometimes misanthropic writers who inspired his own investigation of wilderness Continue reading… Monday June 18 Ancient history was a man’s world – but women were considered closer to the gods. The historian and TV presenter reveals the secrets of Athenian priestesses, Byzantine empresses and Stone Age fertility goddesses Continue reading… | 
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