To many it appears clear hypocrisy that Professor Dawkins – who has spent much of his career talking up the benefits of being a multi-cellular organism – is directly related to a single-cell organism.

"The nature of human beings and the question of their ultimate origin"

The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, Thursday 23-Feb 2012 and streamed live

I can’t help wondering at the quality of journalism which sees a scoop in attacking a man for what his five-greats grandfather did.

Which, talking of dissimulation, brings me to Richard Dawkins, a fanatic disguised as a scientist.

You & Yours - TODAY - 12-1 - BBC Radio 4 Is religion in the UK being eroded? And if so, is that a good or a bad thing?

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Online debate between Russell Blackford and American theologian/historian William Cavanaugh

Physicists Create Working Transistor
Consisting of a Single Atom

"For too long, the public sector has been used to marginalise and attack faith in public life, undermining the very foundations of the British nation. But this week, the tables have been turned."