Christian cruelty
Victor LewisSmith demands the right to die painlessly
Culture
Freedom From Ghosts
Tzvetan Todorov's Imperfect Garden, reviewed by AC Grayling
Fight for Survival
Mark Pagel learns from an old master
The Life of Slime Mold
John Gray's Straw Dogs reviewed by Ian Hargreaves
Fifth Estate
Frank Jordans goes underground
Heroes and Midgets
An overview of modern political journalism, reviewed by Hazhir Teimourian
Austere Communist
Eric Hobsbawm's life, review by Jonathan Rée
God’s Vital Statistics
A biography of God, reviewed by Jeremy Stangroom
Philosophy of Terror
Richard Norman reviews Ted Honderich's take on terrorism
What comes naturally
Nicholas Walter's introduction to Anarchism, reviewed by Colin Ward