The response to the latest threats against Salman Rushdie shows that we have become dangerously accustomed to the erosion of free speech, says Kenan Malik
An issue that's packed with priests
A perplexing plane puzzle from Quizmaster Chris Maslanka
Natalie Haynes enjoys a Nigerian travelogue
Nina Power puzzles over a heavyweight intellectual partnership
Owen Jones enjoys a melancholy protrait of America's underclass
Comedian and writer Andy Hamilton on being a ‘wavering agnostic’ with sympathy for the Devil
Michael Binyon revisits Cold War brinksmanship
Adam Rutherford tires of zombie arguments about creationism
Fire-and-brimstone evangelists are usually associated with the US. But turn to the BBC at the weekend and you’ll see they’re enjoying a revival on these shores, says Francis Beckett