Culture

You shall go to the ball

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

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

Andy Tudor celebrates the radical work of John Sayles

Karen Hewitt goes travelling with Turgenev

Caspar Melville goes in search of the spirit of jazz

Tom Baker takes Laurie Taylor on a pub crawl

AC Grayling admires Umberto Eco's new opus

Laurie Taylor refuses to sign up

Chris Paling suspends his disbelief for Haruki Murakami

Sally Feldman is unsatisfied by Forster's cast of vague characters