Toby Saul
Toby Saul is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to New Humanist, writing on subjects as wide-ranging as the paintings of Velazquez and the making of saints.
Articles by Toby Saul
Book review: A Place in the Country by WG Sebald
Toby Saul on WG Sebald's posthumous collection
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The shock of the old
There is nothing primitive, or cold, about the incredible objects on display at the British Museum’s Ice Age Art exhibition, finds Toby Saul
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Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Toby Saul reviews the memoir of an African master
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A chorus of booze
In today's health-scare climate, it takes Kingsley Amis to remind us of the joys of drunkenness, says Toby Saul
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Blasphemy in the Christian World by David Nash
Toby Saul on how blasphemy changed the way we think
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Miracle workers
The Vatican is fast-tracking Pope John Paul's canonisation. But, as Toby Saul discovered, he has still got something to prove
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Have a Nice Doomsday by Nicholas Guyatt
Toby Saul doubts the power of the American end-timers
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Dying light
Toby Saul reviews Everyman by Philip Roth
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Capital stuff
Francis Wheen brings the same panache to his new book that he brought to his excellent biography of Marx, says Toby Saul
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People’s will
Toby Saul bows to the will of the people
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Spreading freedom
Toby Saul keeps on rocking in a free world
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Out of the shadows
Toby Saul on how the paintings of Diego Velazquez changed our way of seeing
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