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Why spiders deserve our respect, not fear or disgust

25 July 2026 9:00 am

Not only do the world’s arachnids eat up to 800 million tons of insects a year, but they are models of creativity that have captured the human imagination since antiquity

The making of the myth

14 December 2013 9:00 am

Writing about Napoleon is a risky business. It exposes the author to the brickbats of the blind worshippers for whom…