Volume 124 Issue 3 May/June 2009 Editorial: Faith in freedom When it comes to threats to our freedoms we all need to pay attention Cover Story Mills and minarets The proving grounds for the government's policy to prevent home-grown Jihad are the industrial towns of the North. Paul Sims investigates Columns Truth matters Conspiracy theories can be hilarious, but reality is a better story says David Aaronovitch Features Freedom's foghorn Happy Birthday Tom Paine: Jan 29. Here's something we prepared earlier...Roger Davidson marks the 200th anniversary of the passing of Tom Paine, an inspirational ego Yield of dreams Don't swallow the scaremongering claims of the anti-GM lobby, urges Angela Saini . Modified foods are a rational alternative to mass starvation Sphere of influence Blogs can be sloppy and vitriolic, admits Owen Hatherley . But they are also a breeding ground for original voices Not all that is solid The traditional cloth-cap economy has melted into one which is fluid, global, insecure and indifferent to people and communities. A useful story if you want to manufacture uncertainty, says Kevin Doogan , just not true Not with a bang but a simper Fear, resentment and complacency have undone English liberty, says Michael Neumann Shadow boxing Cultural relativism and Western chauvinism share one basic principle, claims Kenan Malik : a loss of faith in universal values Red alert Is it a symbol of submission or of authority? Of glamour, lust or danger? Sally Feldman uncovers the myriad shades of lipstick Free market faith Globalisation is leading to more belief, not less. Caspar Melville talks to the editor of The Economist about his new book tracing the rise and rise of religion Regulars Endgame: Star struck How Laurie Taylor was nearly Russell Crowe Culture The art of phwoar Free websites like Pornhub mean that explicit sex films are only a click away. But are they any good? Michael Bywater offers a classical critique Gothic revival Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum – Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the perverse Book Reviews The Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition Marcus Chown learns how the Catholic Church silenced GalileoThe Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? by Slavoj Žižek and John Milbank Nina Power tires of Slavoj Žižek and his monstrous essaysThe Pure Society: From Darwin to Hitler by André Pichot Benjamin Noys discovers the modern mutations of eugenicsSouth Africa's Brave New World by RW Johnson Stephen Howe on a monumental, snarling study of post-apartheid South AfricaWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Philip Womack is blown away by Hilary Mantel's historical epic
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