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Friday 9 January 2009

The natural order of things

Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley says that Darwinian selection explains the appearance of seemingly ‘designed’ complexity throughout the world — not just in biology but in the economy, technology and the arts

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The natural order of things

Matt Ridley says that Darwinian selection explains the appearance of seemingly ‘designed’ complexity throughout the world — not just in biology but in the economy, technology and the arts

Matt Ridley

Onward Christian Zionists

Rod Liddle on the crazed, quasi-fascist evangelicals in Britain and America who believe war in Gaza heralds the Second Coming of Christ

Rod Liddle

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Arts

A pair of aces

William Cook

William Cook talks to the creators of some of TV’s funniest and best-loved comedy programmes

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Not so fantastic

Sam Leith

The Natural History of Unicorns (by Chris Lavers)

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Fraser Nelson

Fraser Nelson reviews the week in politics

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