Rebecca Solnit is one of our best essayists. In recent years, books such as Hope in the Dark, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, and Men Explain Things to Me have been required reading for anyone hoping ...

Two weeks ago, the Church reminded us of our mortality by tracing ashen crosses on our foreheads. During Lent, we’re reflecting on what that encounter with mortality should mean. Philosophers have ...

The self at the centre of Recollections of My Non-Existence has, perhaps taking its cue from the title, only a light presence. Solnit is formed by her surroundings, the people she meets, and the ideas ...

For many centuries, philosophers have debated this question: 'Does God exist?' Surprisingly, they have paid rather less attention to this distinct – but also very important – question: 'Would God's ...