I found de Botton’s new book The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work in the bookshop at the Oxford Literary Festival on Saturday, so I bought it, and have now read it. It’s a...
Read MoreAlain De Botton’s new book is out. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is a another philosophical self-help treatise, or so it’s been described in the Metro...
Read MoreHear Alain de Botton defending himself against his philosophical critics (which would include me) on Philosophy Bites here. For my review of The Consolations of...
Read MoreThis review was published in The Mail on Sunday, back in 2000. Was I too harsh? Broken heart? Take some Schopenhauer. Frustrated? Try a little Seneca. Money-worries?...
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