p. 58 Television The Good Place makes metaphysics more entertaining than ever By Caroline Crampton p. 62 Monkeys What close observation of colobus troops tells us about bullying and hierarchy among humans By Dawn Starin
Books p. 66 Lead review Niall Ferguson tries to bring hard science to history – does it work? By Charlotte L. Riley p. 68 Short reviews Lucy Popescu on Fiona Sampson’s In Search of Mary Shelley; Rhian E. Jones on Molly Smith and Juno Mac’s Revolting Prostitutes; David Wearing on the essay collection Decolonising the University poetry p. 53 Allison Funk p. 57 Diana Manole p. 61 Yolanda Castaño p. 65 Semyon Khanin ontributors Samira Ahmed is a BBC presenter and visiting professor of journalism at Kingston University
Julian Baggini is the author of How the World Thinks: a Global History of Philosophy (Granta)
David Berry is a freelance documentary maker who is writing a book about the culture of mathematics Ceri Brenner is a physicist who works for the Science and Technology Facilities Council Marcus Chown is the author, most recently, of Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: 50 Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe (Michael O’Mara) Caroline Crampton is working on a book about the Thames estuary
Rhian E. Jones is the author of several books about politics and popular culture Lydia Leon has a PhD in women’s health from the University of London Mark Lorch is professor of science communication at the University of Hull Mike Makin-Waite is the author of Communism and Democracy: History, Debates and Potentials (Lawrence & Wishart)
J. P. O’Malley is a literary critic and interviewer Chris Maslanka is the author of several puzzle books Lucy Popescu is a literary critic with a background in human rights
David Graeber is professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics; David Wengrow is professor of comparative archaeology at University College London
James Poulter is a writer and web developer Charlotte L. Riley is a lecturer in history at the University of Southampton ichael Rosen is a poet and novelist, and a former Children’s Laureate Martin Rowson is a cartoonist and author who has recently published an illustrated version of Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey (Laurence Sterne Trust) Angela Saini is the author of Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story (4th Estate)
Fiona Sampson is New Humanist’s poetry editor Niki Seth-Smith is writing a near-future novel
Dawn Starin is an anthropologist who has spent decades doing research in Africa and Asia Laurie Taylor is president of the Rationalist Association
David Wearing is the author of AngloArabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain (Polity)
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