Three audio letters, articles and reviews

      Alan Macfarlane reads aloud the first three letters in the book. You can listen to these on the web (they are in MP3 format) or download them.

Why write to you? (about 12 minutes)

Who are you? (about 25 minutes)

Why are families often difficult? (about 25 minutes)

Article from THE TIMES 22nd March 2005

BBC Radio 4 MIDWEEK 30th March 2005

Article from THE DAILY MAIL 2nd April 2005

BBC Radio Solent 2nd April 2005

Article from THE HERALD 6th April 2005

BBB Radio Scotland 6th April 2005

Review from SUNDAY TIMES 10th April 2005

Article from THE SCOTSMAN 21st April 2005

LBC Sandi Toksvig Show 25th April 2005

Review from THE INDEPENDENT 20th May 2005

Review from THE CANBERRA REVIEW June 2005

Review by Lawrence Phelan from Independent ABC Paperbacks 15th January 2006

Postscript for the Chinese edition: 'An Open Bookshelf in an Open China: A Challenge to the Contrived Barrier Between Natural Science and Liberal Arts', Xiaoxiao Yan, January 2006