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• Roots

  Caspar Melville unravels the rise and fall of dreadlocks

• Magical mystery tour

  Natalie Haynes goes in search of spiritual enlightenment

• Caution, falling moguls

  Is he a loser, a kvetcher, a fatalist or a comic genius? Michael Bywater goes in search of the real Woody Allen

• Religion is bullshit

  From philosophy to fart jokes George Carlin always got there first, says Robin Ince

• Mistaken identity

  Obsessing about culture traps people in their own history, argues Kenan Malik

• Revolutionising Tom Paine

  Recording his new radio play, Trevor Griffiths discovered the true revolutionary spirit of Tom Paine

• Torch bearers

  Politics, religion and money may be wrestling to control the Olympics. But, argues Paul Sims, they’ll never be a match for the sheer drama

• Art or puffery? A defence of advertising

  An adman for almost 50 years Winston Fletcher explores the art, and ethics, of the sell

• The Sun and Moon Corrupted by Philip Ball

  Philip Womack enjoys a popular scientist's debut novel

• The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley

  Helene Joffe prepares for the worst