Gavin Evans

Writer, London

Gavin Evans is a writer whose work has been published in The Guardian, Die Zeit and The Conversation, among others. His books include Mapreaders and Multitaskers: Men, Women, Nature, Nurture (2016), The Story of Colour (2017), Skin Deep: Journeys in the Divisive Science of Race (2019), White Supremacy: From Eugenics to Great Replacement (2024), Son of a Preacher Man (2025) and Bible Stories: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy in Scripture (2025). He lives in London, UK.

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Written by Gavin Evans

Person holding a painting of Jesus Christ amid a rubble-strewn landscape with damaged buildings and trees in the background.

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There was no Jesus

How could a cult leader draw crowds, inspire devotion and die by crucifixion, yet leave no mark in contemporary records?

Gavin Evans

Two elderly women in red dresses and sunglasses standing in front of a tropical mural with birds, flowers, and a full moon.

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The myth of mirrored twins

What do the lives of twins tell us about heritability, selfhood and the age-old debate between nature and nurture?

Gavin Evans