Culture and Review - Globalisation and Development

Books, architecture, enlightenment... and global development

staff writers — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:26:20 +0100

A celestial atlas by Scottish amateur astronomer Alexander Jamieson, dating back to 1822, is a star item at this year's Christian Aid charity book sale in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is one of the largest sales of its kind in the world.

World water - a case for 007, pray?

Annegret Kapp — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:00:05 +0000

World cinema's most famous spy is back and this time he fights a villain trying to control strategic water resources in a developing country, says Annegret Kapp. But is the script of the latest James Bond movie too far fetched a fictional plot?

How Islam can challenge those who abuse it from within

Simon Barrow — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:33:55 +0100

An easy assumption that religion is less dangerous when it is 'less religious' is wrong, says Simon Barrow. As an article in the International Herald Tribune points out, the path from death to life is found within as well as beyond each tradition.