Legacy of Cruelty
Sally Feldman on a rich new novel by Jane Gardam
Culture
Awkward Questions
Andrew Tudor asks what makes a good documentary
Learning to think
Jonathan Derbyshire gets thinking with David Papineau
Diderot’s triumph
Haydn Mason consults the original humanist bible
Fighting talk
Laurie Taylor takes a walk on the wild side
Learning to fly: Laurie Taylor interviews Ralph Steadman
Ralph Steadman tells Laurie Taylor how he became such a bother
The Moral of the Tale
Andrew Tudor on how cinema bears the Cross
Riot of metaphors
Sally Feldman struggles with Jeanette Wintersons symbolic prose
Upper-crust manouvres
Chris Paling joins high society
Secular songs
Tony Russell sings the Blues