30 March 2017 Enlightenment City Washington DC, March 2017 by Neil Tidmarsh Europe in the 18th century – the age of Enlightenment – the age of Haydn and Mozart, of David Hume and Adam Smith, of Voltaire’s Candide and Diderot’s Encyclopédie, of man’s recognition of himself as a rational being, his realisation that he could make… Continue reading Issue 98:2017 03 30:Enlightenment City(Neil Tidmarsh)
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Issue 20: 2015 09 17: A cruel and ugly truth
17 September 2015 A cruel and ugly truth by Neil Tidmarsh One of the most interesting things I read this week was a letter to the Guardian from Leslie Brent, Emeritus Professor, University of London. As one of the Kindertransport children of 1938-39, he is urging a more generous response to the current refugee crisis.… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: A cruel and ugly truth
