Brett Lock doesn't recognise Queer Street
As women become liberated from domestic drudgery, are they in danger of losing something fundamental? Lesley Johnson and Justine Lloyd reassess the housewife
Nick Cohen deplores the sinister absurdity of Blunkett's latest proposal for dealing with religious hatred
Despite the draconian restrictions placed on the lives of women in Iran, their position is gradually transforming thanks to a vibrant and varied womens media, say Gholam Khiabany and Annabelle Sreberny
"It is a source of great comic consolation to Jews to recognise their paranoia and make light of it." Howard Jacobson on anti-Semitism
Eliane Glaser learns about two extraordinary Russian matriarchs
Stuart Sim descends into the murky world of the crime novel
Jim Herrick reports from Africa's first humanist conference
Ken Hunt calls for an end to a pernicious form of mind control
Frank Jordans welcomes an ingenious liberation from copyright law