Sooo…. Intelligent
Shirley Dent has little sympathy for Adam Thirlwell's Politics
Culture
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
Raw Material
Jeremy Stangroom goes down to the woods with AS Byatt
Lifting the Lid on Theatre
Marilyn Mason is impressed by the London International Festival of Theatre
No News is New News
Julian Baggini thinks about reporting
My Husband and I
Victor Lewis-Smith delivers an alternative, foul-mouthed Queen's Christmas message
Star Struck
Simon Hoggart laments a newspapers fall from reason
Pre-Packed Pop
Andrew Calcutt raises two cheers for TV talent shows