Volume 118 Issue 2 Summer 2003

Cover Story

Crystal Balls, Primal Screams: Francis Wheen on the monsters of Downing Street

Restoring Order: Michael Rosen wonders what is normal in the language of war and peace
My Baby's Better than yours: Lisa Harker wants infant equality
Take it from me: Sally Feldman shows you how to pick a few brains . . .
Religion in every orifice: Tom Baldwin on Bush, Blair and the Bible
The Perils of Atheism: In an extract from his latest book, Julian Baggini examines the link between tyranny and non-belief
Hail to thee blithe Ken: Laurie Taylor on the delight of being (mostly) right
"A bit dodgy"
A Christian Union?: The proposed EU constitution has stirred the debate about national sovereignty. Carole Tongue warns of another danger.
Confessions of a knicker flasher: Claire Rayner has died. Here's something typical of her no nonsense style from 2003, in which... Claire Rayner exposes herself

"Forgiveness, Reconciliation and a Marshall Plan": Sultan Barakat puts Iraq together again
A shared sense of space: Marlous Veldt explores the role of architecture in the Israel-Palestine conflict and speaks to those seeking to build peace in the Middle East
John Gray's Bad Faith: Finn Bowring on freedom and constraint
A place of greater safety: Paul Barker salutes the suburbs
Permanent Uncertainty: Laurie Taylor interviews Stephen Fry: Stephen Fry tells Laurie Taylor about his search for a soul
Leaving Hell behind: Abu Lahab, a young man born into a Muslim family, tells how he left the faith and discovered himself

Let's have a heated debate: Victor Lewis-Smith on TVs dysfunctional gabbers
Maternal Neglect: Latha Menon on Aroup Chatterjee's Mother Teresa
Stand-up Revolution: Colin Ward on Mark Steel's French Revolution
Fogey's Folly: Frances Crook on Peter Hitchens' History of Crime
Feeling Friendly: Dylan Evans on Antonio Damasio's Spinoza
Up, Up and Away: Marilyn Mason views the planet
Now we are 100: Jim Herrick on two writers reaching their centenary
Ecstatic Rapping: Antonia Quirke falls for a preacher man
Virgin Love: Jeremy Stangroom on a Danish debut novel
Nurturing Science: John Maddox on Matt Ridley's Nature via Nurture and PD Smith's Einstein