Channel 4: The Genius of Charles Darwin

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Starting next week, Channel 4 in the UK is screening a three-part documentary series on the scientific legacy of Charles Darwin, hosted by our old friend Richard Dawkins.
Digiguide describes the series:
In 1859, English naturalist Charles Darwin published his masterpiece On the Origin of Species. In it Darwin put forward his theory - that everything on [...]

Thumbs up for the Apocalypse

Monday, April 7th, 2008

It seems to be a day of cartoons today, so I thought I’d share, just in case you haven’t seen it (it’s new to me), The Atheist Apocalypse featuring everyone’s1 favourite Four Horsemen of Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens2.

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The Independent: Ask Dawkins

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Today’s The Independent featured Dawkins in the You Ask The Questions segment.
Some interesting questions (and equally interesting answers) there.
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The Independent: Dawkins takes fight against religion into the classroom

Monday, November 27th, 2006

In today’s The Independent there is a feature about zoologist Richard Dawkins and his new foundation, the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.
Professor Dawkins will also be the subject of You Ask the Questions in The Independent next Monday.
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The Independent: Another christian who just doesn’t “get it”

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

In today’s The Independent on Sunday, there’s an editorial by Giles Fraser, lecturer in Philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford, where he calls for a new sort of conversation about religion. I for one would welcome it, although his analysis isn’t completely in agreement with the reasons that atheists, especially the vocal ones like Richard [...]

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