Culture

Stalked by life

Chris paling is gripped by Kurkov’s death in Kiev

When I’m gone

Laurie Taylor on loss and lament

Cause without a rebel

Sally Feldman has issues with Ishiguro

You shall go to the ball

Misogynist trap, soppy fantasy, or universal truth? Sally Feldman waves a magic wand over Cinderella

Algebraic amours

Hugh Burkhardt on how to stop worrying and love the (bouncing) bomb

Lone Star

Andy Tudor celebrates the radical work of John Sayles

Hopeless Romantic

Karen Hewitt goes travelling with Turgenev

From Juke Joints to Jamie Callum

Caspar Melville goes in search of the spirit of jazz

Alehouse rock: Laurie Taylor interviews Tom Baker

Tom Baker takes Laurie Taylor on a pub crawl

Classic Intellectual

AC Grayling admires Umberto Eco's new opus