Michael Binyon on a biography of Russia's strong man
Simon Hoggart says politics must be personal
Stuart Sim argues we must fight fire with reason
David Bate analyses the surrealists dark view of humanism
Tom Baldwin sees some queer goings on behind closed doors
A potential electoral force is emerging from the antiwar movement. But why is a supposedly progressive grouping making room for religious conservatives, asks Amanda Day?
Michael Mann, the leading historian of power, forecast the failure of the American adventure in Iraq. So what should happen next?
In the wake of Russia's recent, widely criticised elections, Michael Binyon asks whether Putin is taking his country back to a Soviet past
No one might suffer more from a war in Iraq than the Kurds, warns Noam Chomsky
Colin Ward on Mark Steel's French Revolution