Shirley Dent
Shirley Dent was formerly deputy editor of New Humanist and is now Communications Director for the Institute of Ideas, the Battle of Ideas and development editor of Culture Wars, the reviews website of the Institute of Ideas, and coauthor of Radical Blake: Afterlife and Influence.
Articles by Shirley Dent
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Shirley Dent believes Rushdie is the ultimate humanist storyteller
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Thinkers: William Blake
William Blake was a confused failure but a great humanist, says Shirley Dent
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Frying Tonight
Food history reviewed by Shirley Dent
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Sooo…. Intelligent
Shirley Dent has little sympathy for Adam Thirlwell's Politics
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Disturbing the Silence
Adrienne Rich's poems reviewed by Shirley Dent
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Coffee Break
Shirley Dent talks to Claire Rayner
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Q&A: George Melly
Shirley Dent flirts with George Melly
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The Meccano Man
Professor Sir Harry Kroto talks to Shirley Dent about humanism, incredible molecules and building a better world.
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Rationalism a la mode
It takes all sorts. From Fruit 'n' Veg horoscopes to the horror of a mother armed and willing to use the Holy Water... Dr Shirl takes them on...
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A Human Disaster
Shirley Dent talks to earthquake expert Andy Thompson.
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Vision and Realism: a Life in Press Politics
Shirley Dent talks to Barry Duke
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