Edward Wilson is inarguably the world's most celebrated biologist. He has more to his genius than his passionate vocation - his subject of amplified wisdom. His refined premise into a synthesis of all ways of knowing has a powerful base, all right - a plea that calls for the fundamental unity of all...more

The year: 1969. The match: Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, versus England. The atmosphere at Colombo was electric. What's more, with John Snow in full flow, the emerald isle's early batsmen, from whom much was expected, were soon cooling their heels in the pavilion. Enter, 22-year-old Anura Tennekoon from St...more