Volume 122

Issue 4: July/August 2007

Cover story: Exclusive interview with Richard Curtis by Laurie Taylor, Natalie Hayne's diary of a grumpy feminist, Turkey's trauma by Ahmet Altan, Newton Emerson on Ulster's surprising secularism, Sally Feldman's fond farewell to fags, Roger Griffin reassesses Nazi Art, Daniel Miller on Eyal Weizman's West Bank map, Meera Nanda on Indian fundamentalism and ... philosophy by the yard: AC Grayling on John Gray, Danny Postel on Richard Rorty, Colin Brewer on Jean Meslier, Caspar Melville on Michel Onfray, author of new book In Defence of Atheism. Plus Jesus jokes from stand-up Christina Martin.

Issue 1: January/February 2007

Cover story: Down with the pope! Fred Halliday calls for a reformation, Richard Dawkins talks to Laurie Taylor, Martin Rowson celebrates Hogarth's scabrous London, Peter Tatchell on the targeting of gays by Iraqi death squads, Matt Ridley on Francis Crick, Abdelwahab Meddeb on the lost Islamic Enlightenment, Marybeth Hamilton on the lonely passion of the blues collectors and John Armstrong on Goethe. Plus Shappi Khorsandi's diary, Sanal Edamaruku on India's untouchables, and Bill Thompson on bio-computing.

Issue 2: March/April 2007

Cover story: Donald Sassoon argues for the secular roots of Europe, Chris Hedges visits America's creationist museum, Nina Power imagines humanist pornography, Francis Beckett exposes the City Academy scandal, Toby Saul finds out how to make a saint, Laurie Taylor says even rationalists need a little mystery, Sally Feldman takes a close look at circumcision and AC Grayling unravels string theory. Plus Robin Ince's diary, Winston Fletcher takes on Garry Kasparov, Michael Bywater on Karoo, a tragicomic masterpiece and Martina Evans hunts the ghost of Poe.

Issue 3: May/June 2007

Cover story: What are the Bishops doing in the Lords? asks Jake Bromberg, Shadia Drury on the neoconservative gurus of endless war, Laurie Taylor dissects belief, Solana Larsen analyses the rebranding of anti-abortion, Nick Cohen answers the critics of his book 'What's Left?', Karen Connelly on Buddhist resistance to dictatorship, Owen Hatherley on Alva Aalto's cuddly modernism, Sally Feldman warms to the menopause, plus AC Grayling against the creationists, Michael Binyon on Napoleon in Egypt, Nina Power on the vampires and a farewell to the remarkable Mr Vonnegut

Issue 5: September/October 2007

Cover story: Degrees of hate: how dangerous is radical Islam on campus?, Jonathan Miller and guests on how humour makes us human, Natalie Haynes on the fantasy taking over our TV screens, Maruf Khwaja on Pakistan's deepening crisis, Francis Beckett on child abuse in Catholic schools, Yves Gingras argues that scientists must not indulge mysticism, Sally Feldman on virginity old and new, David Hendy on Thought for the Day. Plus, a vicar tells you why you should read the bible, novelist Christopher Brookmyre on why his new book is dedicated to Dawkins and Randi, Rahila Gupta warns that slavery is on the rise in Britain, Lucy Mangan seeks put-downs for the pious, Stan Cohen reviews JM Coetzee's latest

Issue 6: November/December 2007

What's wrong with the New Atheists? Richard Norman on Dawkins, Hitchens et al, Edna Fernandes gains exclusive access to the Taliban's school, John Harris argues we have a moral duty to genetically enhance humans, philosopher Tzvetan Todorov reflects on the Danish cartoon crisis, Stephen Bates on why he's stepping down as he Guardian's religious correspondent, Winston Fletcher reveals God's marketing tricks, Sally Feldman reclaims chess for rationalism, Owen Hatherley looks at the work of the great Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Plus Michael Binyon on an horrific memoir of the Chechen wars, Ebenezer Obadare on Nigeria's fundamentalist students, Ted Nield on the science that shifts the world, and Peyvand Khorsandi translates Mahmoud's Gaff, the official blog of Iranian President Ahmadinejad.

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