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• Relative Truths

  Jonathan Derbyshire on Steven Lukes' broadside against relativism

• A better Class of Irony

  Fred Inglis on postmodern pedantry and the death of irony

• Return of the native

  Adam Kuper debunks the myths which inform campaigns for indigenous people's rights

• Leggo Relijan: Laurie Taylor interviews Linton Kwesi Johnson

  Linton Kwesi Johnson is one of only two living poets to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. Laurie Taylor talks to him about reggae and resistance.

• A place of greater safety

  Paul Barker salutes the suburbs

• Back to the garden . . .

  Roger Griffin considers the responsibility that comes with our special place in the natural world

• Who's We?

  Michael Rosen ponders the smug pronoun

• Freedom From Ghosts

  Tzvetan Todorov's Imperfect Garden, reviewed by AC Grayling

• Walking in the Dark: Laurie Taylor interviews Jonathan Miller

  Laurie Taylor discovers what it's like to be Jonathan Miller

• Philosophy of Terror

  Richard Norman reviews Ted Honderich's take on terrorism