Volume 117 Issue 3 Autumn 2002

Cover Stories

God on the Box: Victor Lewis-Smith tunes in to a very special broadcast from up high

Apocalypse Now: Why do so many of Americas most fundamentalist Christians support Israeli expansionism? asks Matt Cherry
Jews without Jehova: Howard Jacobson on the spirituality of disbelief
Saving Mankind?: Brian Stableford questions the redemtive power of the superheroes
Mother of DNA: Brenda Maddox celebrates the clarity of Rosalind Franklin
Puritan Atheist: Laurie Taylor interviews Christopher Hitchens: Christopher Hitchens talks to Laurie Taylor about George Orwell, false gods and bogus utopias

The Life of Slime Mold: John Gray's Straw Dogs reviewed by Ian Hargreaves
Watching from the Sidelines: Amit Chaudhuri's short stories reviewed by Jim Herrick
Freedom From Ghosts: Todorov's Imperfect Garden, reviewed by AC Grayling
Testament: A poem by Susana Tampieri
Lifting the Lid on Theatre: Marilyn Mason is impressed by the London International Festival of Theatre
Disturbing the Silence: Adrienne Rich's poems reviewed by Shirley Dent
What comes naturally: Nicholas Walter's introduction to Anarchism, reviewed by Colin Ward
God's Vital Statistics: A biography of God, reviewed by Jeremy Stangroom
Heroes and Midgets: An overview of modern political journalism, reviewed by Hazhir Teimourian

Reach for the Sky: Editorial by Jim Herrick
Shut that Door: Austin Williams suggests that you leave your house unlocked
Vote Pilate: Tom Baldwin catches the politicans at prayer
Blasphemy Law is dead: Peter Tatchell fails to get arrested (for once)
Star Struck: Simon Hoggart laments a newspapers fall from reason
Who's We?: Michael Rosen ponders the smug pronoun
Begging Belief: To give or not to give? Julian Baggini is philosophical about charity
FCUK Off: Diary by Laurie Taylor