Culture

The Moral of the Tale

Andrew Tudor on how cinema bears the Cross

Riot of metaphors

Sally Feldman struggles with Jeanette Winterson’s symbolic prose

Upper-crust manouvres

Chris Paling joins high society

Secular songs

Tony Russell sings the Blues

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

Graceful cynicism

Peter Kerr-Jarrett on the poetry of Catullus