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Brain rot (by Sally Feldman, September/October 2011 ): What is neuroscientist Susan Greenfield on about? asks Sally Feldman
Today's lesson (by Michael Bywater, May/June 2011 ): Reading the Bible did not awaken Michael Bywater's faith. But it did move him. Don’t tell Dawkins
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
Diary: Best of the worst (by Robin Ince, July/August 2010 ): There are no bad books, just special ones says Robin Ince
The listeners (by Les Back, July/August 2010 ): Les Back on the ordinary virtues of paying attention
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
Green eyed monster (by Sally Feldman, March/April 2009 ): Is jealousy an intrinsic part of our make-up? asks Sally Feldman. Or a weakness to be vanquished?
Fallen Angels by Harold Bloom (by Jonathan Derbyshire, November/December 2007 ): Jonathan Derbyshire on Harold Bloom's angels
Native son (by Murray Pittock, September/October 2007 ): 175 years after the death of Scotland’s most celebrated novelist, Murray Pittock asks if Walter Scott was an enemy of the Enlightenment, or its champion
The mind ironic (by Matthew Adams, Web Exclusive, December 2011): Matthew Adams remembers winning a £10 bet, and gaining a lifetime's inspiration from Christopher Hitchens