Restoring Order
Michael Rosen wonders what is normal in the language of war and peace
Culture
Funny Peculiar
by Martin Rowson
Dog’s Days
Chris Paling peers inside the world of Martin Amis
Lobster Soup
by Padraig Reidy
Relative Truths
Jonathan Derbyshire on Steven Lukes' broadside against relativism
Writers Talk
Frank Jordans talks to author Karel van Loon
Sooo…. Intelligent
Shirley Dent has little sympathy for Adam Thirlwell's Politics
Menocchio Uncowed
Ian Duhig, for New Humanist
Leggo Relijan: Laurie Taylor interviews Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson is one of only two living poets to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. Laurie Taylor talks to him about reggae and resistance.
A sunny Eccentric
Jim Herrick on AN Wilson's biography of Iris Murdoch