Andrew Mueller hears Nick Coleman's pain
Charles Haynes enjoys a portrait of the Mumbai slums
A new play imagines a dystopian future in which religion is outlawed, and remaining believers must be weaned off faith like addicts. Natasha Lewis climbs the Twelve Steps
Beyond the slick production and big-budget hype, is Prometheus the philosophical blockbuster that was promised? Fred Rowson wonders what to believe
Laurie Taylor has his very own euro crisis
Taboo-busting comic Shazia Mirza has combined an international reputation for close-to-the-bone gags with a belief in Islam. But now she faces her greatest challenge as she submits to New Humanist’s very own inquisition
As coldly stylish as a Corbusier apartment building, with a narrator who is a "pillock", it might be the best novel of the year. Will Wiles is torpedoed by Peter Stamm's latest.
Gods, devils, self-centred ingrates? Ralph Steadman decodes the aloof allure of cats
The construction of the Olympic Park has transformed East London. But will the plush shopping mall and gated developments really benefit local residents? asks Owen Hatherley
The front runners are men, but could a woman born more than half a millennium ago hold the key to the French elections? asks Sally Feldman