Stephen Howe on Perry Anderson's monumental analysis of Europe
From the latrine to the loo, the pissoir to the powder room, Sally Feldman explores the sexual politics of toilets
Do you have a smile in your voice, a flexible attitude and the ability to negotiate? If so, warns Ewart Keep, you could be part of a growing workforce that is skilled without necessarily being able to do anything
Edna Fernandes isn't quite convinced by an explanation of India's religious nationalism
Russia’s ‘efficient manager’ is being written back into official history, reports Michael Binyon
Writing in New Humanist, Sherry Jones says Serbs have embraced the Jewel of Medina because they know the value of free expression. But could the reasons be more profane? asks Simon Garnett
The Catholic Church not only allowed priests to destroy hundreds of young lives, it blamed the victims and covered up the crimes for decades. For Laurie Taylor it’s personal
Owen Hatherley finds Žižek actually making sense
Stephen Howe on a new history of the Arabs
Michail Ryklin sits in on a Russian censorship trial