Abstract
A number of secular papers have recently been published that shed light on the intriguing idea that the speed of light may have been markedly different in the past. This recent book by Joao Magueijo, Faster Than the Speed of Light, discusses the background to these papers and the reason why some very notable physicists, including the author himself, have been willing to consider the possibility of a variable speed of light (VSL). Creationists have also been interested in these ideas in the past, although at the present time the idea of VSL remains on the fringes of creationist thinking, with most seeming to favour instead Dr Russell Humphreys' White Hole Cosmology, and new developments such as the Hartnett model. This book by Magueijo has also caused a great deal of controversy in the scientific world for promoting VSL ideas.