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Julian Baggini

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Julian Baggini is the co-author of ‘The Shrink and the Sage’

Magee argues that religion is simply using a mystery to explain a mystery, a miracle to explain a miracle
Reviews

Ultimate Questions by Bryan Magee: A wonderful, wonder-full life

The creator of ‘Awakenings’ and ‘The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat’ has died in New York six months after revealing that he had cancer
People

Oliver Sacks: He was able to make us see ourselves differently

The injection of funds has allowed the club to install under-soil heating for the pitch
News

AFC Bournemouth and the changing face of England

Animal afterlife: more and more pet owners are having pets individually cremated; the caring vets who dispatch them often feel their pain
Features

Euthanasia for animals: What can it teach us about assisted suicide in

Lapping it up: a woman feeds felines at a cat café in Japan
Features

The ethics of pet food: Why are we are so selective in how we show

Lapping it up: a woman feeds felines at a cat café in Japan
Features

The ethics of pet food: Why are we are so selective in how we show

A photo taken on September 11, 2013 shows the logo of social networking website 'Twitter' is displayed on a computer screen in London
Comment

Watch what you tweet – there’s no such thing as off duty in an

The residents of Rotherham
Crime

Something rotten in the town of Rotherham

Headphones allow commuters to cut themselves off from the ambient soundscape (Getty)
Features

Has the world become too noisy?

People

Jonathan Trott and the problems of describing mental illness

An embryologist examines human embryos at an IVF clinic
Features

The pain of IVF: Italian woman vows to keep the IVF babies from

Moral maze: an error in an Italian lab has revealed our confusion over who a parent can be
Features

Woman who conceived by IVF 'implanted with wrong eggs'

Bearing witness: a Canadian casualty of the Battle of Vimy Ridge being evacuated by German stretcher bearers
Business Analysis & Features

Should we really be making money out of WW1 anniversary?

Business Analysis & Features

Should we really be making money out of WW1 anniversary?

Bearing witness: a Canadian casualty of the Battle of Vimy Ridge being evacuated by German stretcher bearers
The bright idea: Andy Warhol only needed to have the inspiration: he could leave it to others to execute them
Features

Modern art: I could have done that... so I did

Comment

Glasgow helicopter crash: A rare risk but it makes sense to prevent a

Ian John McLoughlin, who is being sought for the stabbing, is believed to have recently come out of prison
Comment

The heroism of the murdered Good Samaritan proves society needs both

We seem to be in a hurry for everything
Comment

We want it all. And we want it now. But why?

We seem to be in a hurry for everything
Comment

We want it all. And we want it now. But why?

Comment

Fairtrade, ethical eating, and why the choice between buying local and

Comment

Confused? Maybe you’re not drinking enough

Comment

Think there’s too much excess at Christmas? I can’t get enough of

Comment

Why are we so obsessed with therapy?

Science

Julian Baggini: It's better to do when you're going to die in order to

Science

Julian Baggini: It's better to do when you're going to die in order to

Commentators

Julian Baggini: Individuals? Or members of society? That's what the

Commentators

Julian Baggini: Which of us can say we wouldn't avoid tax, given half

Science

Julian Baggini: It's better to do when you're going to die in order to

Commentators

Julian Baggini: Individuals? Or members of society? That's what the

Commentators

Julian Baggini: Which of us can say we wouldn't avoid tax, given half

Commentators

Julian Baggini: Is Osborne's dad worth a £19,000 desk?

Commentators

Julian Baggini: Is Osborne's dad worth a £19,000 desk?

Commentators

Julian Baggini: There's a dark side to this piety about 'going local'

Commentators

Julian Baggini: Monarchists are from Mars, republicans are from Venus

Commentators

Julian Baggini: Is generosity a luxury we can't afford? Frankly, I

Science

The blurred reality of humanity

Science

The blurred reality of humanity

Features

Jamie's Ministry of Food: The truth about Rotherham's eating habits

Culture

Travel: France - Following in Sartre's footsteps

Culture

The thought police Brief Answers To Big Questions: Hoddle has gone,

Culture

Essay: The philosopher's dilemma: Oh yes we can, oh no we Kant

Culture

The thought police Brief Answers To Big Questions; 1. Is the Pope

Culture

Philosophical Notes: Did Columbus `discover' America?

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