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D'oh my God: faith in The Simpsons (by Andrew Mueller, January/February 2012 ): This year, The Simpsons celebrate their 25th birthday and their 500th episode. Andrew Mueller pays homage to the family we can all believe in
The last Crusade (by Kenan Malik, November/December 2011 ): The claim that Christianity provides the bedrock of Western culture might serve the interests of extremists, but it is a betrayal of a far more complex history, argues Kenan Malik
The cutting season: Female Genital Mutilation and the UK (by Alice Onwordi, November/December 2011 ): Over the school holidays hundreds of British girls are taken abroad to undergo a procedure that is internationally recognised as a violation of their human rights. Alice Onwordi reports
I am bovvered (by Owen Jones, September/October 2011 ): White trash, vermin, underclass, broken Britain. When Owen Jones published his book Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class, he wasn’t expecting such an onslaught
Trace elements: Laurie Taylor interviews Stuart Hall (by Laurie Taylor, May/June 2011 ): Stuart Hall talks to Laurie Taylor about race, relativism and revolution
Favourite things (by Sally Feldman, May/June 2011 ): Is it a noble instinct or a destructive desire? Sally Feldman delves into the pathology of collecting
What's the big deal? (by Sally Feldman, November/December 2010 ): From poker to Shithead, Canasta to cribbage, Sally Feldman extols the joys and rewards of card games
Book review: The Honour Code by Kwame Anthony Appiah (by Stephen Howe, November/December 2010 ): Stephen Howe decodes Anthony Appiah
Call of the wild (by Fred Rowson, July/August 2010 ): The useless, the tragic, the deranged. Herzog’s subject is always the human, says Fred Rowson
Fair game? (by Michael Bywater, January/February 2010 ): 350 million do it regularly. It offers levels of complexity and human interaction beyond any other art form. We can’t continue to ignore the cultural impact of online gaming, says Michael Bywater
Gothic revival (by Nick Mamatas, May/June 2009 ): Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum – Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the perverse
Muslim metal (by Mark LeVine, January/February 2009 ): As Egyptians bravely protest their government, we thought it a good moment to represent this piece about the Muslim metal scene which has incubated resistance. Across the Islamic world young people are flocking to the sounds of hardcore rock and death metal. Mark LeVine reports from Cairo
'Follow God, work & provoke no one' (by Richard Dowden, September/October 2008 ): That’s the philosophy of a unique Muslim sect. Richard Dowden traces its spread across the diaspora
Mistaken identity (by Kenan Malik, July/August 2008 ): Obsessing about culture traps people in their own history, argues Kenan Malik
Caution, falling moguls (by Michael Bywater, July/August 2008 ): Is he a loser, a kvetcher, a fatalist or a comic genius? Michael Bywater goes in search of the real Woody Allen
Roots (by Caspar Melville, July/August 2008 ): Caspar Melville unravels the rise and fall of dreadlocks
True Norwegian Black Metal by Peter Beste (by Keith Kahn-Harris, July/August 2008 ): In deepest Scandinavia, Keith Kahn-Harris discovers social democratic Satanism
Malls & Mausoleums (by Nina Power, March/April 2008 ): Iran refuses to conform to expectations, finds Nina Power
Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture by Simon Reynolds (by Andrew Mueller, March/April 2008 ): Andrew Mueller travels back in time to Acid House
Meme Wars (part 1) (by Adam Kuper, May/June 2006 ): Evolution cannot explain culture: there are limits to the uses of Darwinism, says Adam Kuper
Meme Wars (part 2) (by Susan Blackmore, May/June 2006 ): Natural selection applies to everything. Ideas evolve just as life does, says Susan Blackmore
Culture of fear (by Judith Vidal-Hall, May/June 2006 ): Judith Vidal-Hall reviews a new collection on censorship
God's my big homie (by Caspar Melville, July/August 2005 ): Caspar Melville reports on the resurrection of religion in black popular music
From Juke Joints to Jamie Callum (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2005 ): Caspar Melville goes in search of the spirit of jazz
Relative Truths (by Jonathan Derbyshire, September/October 2003 ): Jonathan Derbyshire on Steven Lukes' broadside against relativism
Right to offend? (by Floris van den Berg, Web Exclusive, March 2008): As the Virtual Museum of Offensive Art opens online, Floris van den Berg ponders the limits of freedom