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Uncomfortable origins

Uncomfortable origins

We have had a remarkable response to Tom Holland's essay of 13 October on the Christian roots of European secularism. Here the author responds

In ideas

Reading the signs

  • By Owen Hatherley
  • 30 October

Otto Neurath: the Language of the Global Polis
Nader Vossoughian
Netherlands Architecture Institute, 176pp, £37.50

These values we hold dear

  • By Shami Chakrabarti
  • 16 October

An exhibition on Britain's fight for civil liberties is a humbling reminder of how precious those rights are

Europe's first revolution

  • By Tom Holland
  • 09 October

The west faces increasing tension with the Muslim world. To plot a course through this turbulent age, Europe must come to terms with what we owe to our Christian past

Crisis, what crisis?

  • By Dominic Sandbrook
  • 02 October

It is nearly 30 years since Jim Callaghan spoke of a sea change in British politics. We are at a similar moment of transition. The question is, has Labour learned a lesson?

Against the evidence

  • By Richard Wilson
  • 18 September

Richard Wilson on the crucial difference between doubt and dogmatism

All in the game

  • By Ed Hancox
  • 11 September

Breaking rules is wrong, but who sets them in the first place?

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Resourceful thinking

Crowdsourcing: How the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business
Jeff Howe Random House, 312pp, £17.99

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