The News Ancient religions & mythologies It is destined to become

It is destined to become a classic cookbook and a must-have for any lover of Italian food and culture

and featuring both established writers and exciting new talent

hunting the fugitive who terrorised his family is worth any risk on a stormy mountainside

willingly or not

" - Rudolf Steiner (The Temple Legend

The News Ancient religions & mythologies It is destined to becomeOur lives are saturated with news. But how does it affect us? And how should we read it? Today, the news occupies the same dominant position in our lives as religion once did. But rarely do we consider how it touches us. Here, Alain de Botton examines a number of archetypal news stories a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview from a fresh perspective to ask intriguing questions why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess