Thinking allowed
In which Laurie Taylor loses god, battles ideology and discovers humanism
Culture
A Human Disaster
Shirley Dent talks to earthquake expert Andy Thompson.
Guest Column
Bill Cooke hails the history of the RPA
The Science of Fiction
What is science fiction, asks Bo Fowler
Can reason hold her throne?
Michael Levey speaks in support of reason
Clash of faiths
George Melly salutes 100 years of blasphemy
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster
Nina Power deconstructs a contemporary parable
The Last Revolution: 1688 and the Creation of the Modern World by Patrick Dillon
The Glorious Revolution was neither, says Michael Binyon
Blood Rites by Jimmy Lee Shreeve
Rosie Waterhouse on a gonzo take on human sacrifice
Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle
Martina Evans reviews Roddy Doyle's return to the life of Paula Spencer