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The Oxford evolutionary biologist, 71, has also infuriated many readers by listing other established academics who, he says, are on his side when it comes to accurately representing the mechanism by which species evolve. Wilson, in a short piece penned promptly in response to Dawkins's negative review, was also clearly annoyed by this attempt to outflank him. … [Read more...] about Richard Dawkins in furious row with EO Wilson over theory of evolution

It’s also obsessed with gay sex. Three times in the first half-hour, Gadd gets molested or threatened with molestation by predatory gay men – which is presented as hilarious. One of the men is his therapist: Gadd has been knocked unconscious on the streets of Edinburgh, and the show traces his efforts, via regression therapy, to recover his lost memories. Flashback by flashback, we return to Gadd’s childhood, where he’s to be found consoling his junkie dad, interrupting his mum while she is hard at her prostitute’s work, and blowing his brother’s brains out when a hunting trip goes wrong. … [Read more...] about Richard Gadd: Breaking Gadd review – comedy of relentless degradation

Wilson answered: “There is no dispute between me and Richard Dawkins and there never has been, because he’s a journalist, and journalists are people that report what the scientists have found and the arguments I’ve had have actually been with scientists doing research.” … [Read more...] about Biological warfare flares up again between EO Wilson and Richard Dawkins

There are no nasty shocks, or travesties in the public areas. Disappointingly, defiantly un-destination are the spa and pool, but the Savoy Tea shop – reminiscent of Burlington Arcade and displaying tiny chocolates, petits fours and loose-leaf teas – draws me in like a wrecker's lantern would a ship. Light from a new stained-glass cupola floods into the green brocade Thames Foyer, afternoon tea served around an indoor gazebo and grand piano. The River Restaurant has shrunk a bit, as though not to steal the glittering, chandeliered thunder of Gordon Ramsay's return to form at the Grill, but food (which has had mixed reviews) and service are a joy. The American Bar has cheered up immeasurably, but my money is on the black and gold-leaf opulence of the brand new Beaufort champagne bar. It gives the Savoy a fighting chance of luring the cocktail set from rival five-star bars that have, until now, been streets ahead. The Savoy is back where it belongs – right on top. … [Read more...] about Hotel review: The Savoy, The Strand, London

Watched right now, they can seem grimly close to home. If you are already feeling isolated, vulnerable and small, you’re unlikely to find solace in an inward-looking monologue. However vividly written, however crisply directed and however well acted (and there are many tremendous performances here), these works are often so overwhelmed by the enormity of the crisis that there’s no room for imaginative escape. … [Read more...] about Scenes for Survival review – Alan Cumming runs wild in lockdown drama