A sunny Eccentric
Jim Herrick on AN Wilson's biography of Iris Murdoch
Culture
Raw Material
Jeremy Stangroom goes down to the woods with AS Byatt
Count me out
Laurie Taylor gets ready to resign (again)
20p a Prayer
Is an artwork entitled It pays to pray satirical, or is it spiritual, asks Marilyn Mason
Nuclear Threat
Mark Steel wonders whether we should be worried about the Womens Institute
Go Sue God
Mike Power watches the Big Yin fight for damages
Gun Law
No need to panic over Gangsta Rap, says Andrew Calcutt
The luxury of doubt: Laurie Taylor interviews Will Self
Satirist, moralist and literary provocateur Will Self lectures Laurie Taylor on addiction, debauchery, banality and the search for serious thought
Cheap Shots
Andrew Tudor wants morality with his violence
Nutty Professors
Victor-Lewis Smith takes a critical look at science on TV