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Macfarlane is one of our most physical writers, and the greatest pleasure of his precise and worked prose is his astonishing ability to capture the spirit of a place. In her book, Patricia Churchland defies her neuro-fundamentalist reputation to present a supremely measured, sensible and readable account of the brain's role in making us who we are. He examines a difficult period of history through a series of intense personal relationships that draw the reader into a world that seems ecstatic and doomed at the same time. Tim was found by friends of the family who had volunteered to help search for him. Colleagues became increasingly concerned for the well-being of Frohwein, who had recently undergone knee surgery, describing his disappearance as "totally out of character". Van Dyck was fascinated by the English face. He stands sideways to the mirror he is looking at while he paints, and turns his head lightly towards it in a nonchalant, aristocratic pose. The financial crisis ought to have been this institution's big opportunity to spearhead a move towards decent banking.