Chemical Soup

James Meek’s most recent novel, We Are Now Beginning Our Descent, was awarded the Prince Maurice prize.

Other articles by this contributor:

Nuremberg Rally, Invasion of Poland, Dunkirk . . . · James Meek considers the never-ending wish to write about the Second World War

Sex is best when you lose your head · James Meek writes about Promiscuity by Tim Birkhead

Hooyah!! · The Rise of the Private Army

The Original Targets · The Birth of al-Qaida

Reasons to be Miserable · The Day My Pants Froze

When the Floods Came · England’s Water

Everyone has a voice · Biotechnology

Trillion Dollar Disease · Fat