God of small meetings
Laurie Taylor asks for a show of hands. Wine will be served later
Culture
‘Witless Vulgarity’
A new study of reality TV audiences challenges lazy assumptions about the shows and their viewers. Annette Hill wants the critics to take a fresh look
Frontline Films
Mitchell Miller on two close-up views of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Double Exposure
A poem by Fleur Adcock
Pie in the sky
Laurie Taylor tastes the delights of a very creative city
Writhing on Ecstasy
Acid House inspired even the most unlikely ravers to brave the dance floor. But did it leave anything behind once the high was over, asks Caspar Melville
Sculpted insights
Sally Feldman on Carol Shield's bid for immortality
Burnt–out case
Stuart Sim descends into the murky world of the crime novel
Has doom had its day?
Andrew Tudor on the decline of the disaster movie
All men won’t be brothers
A poem by Keith Morton