Thinking allowed
In which Laurie Taylor loses god, battles ideology and discovers humanism
Culture
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
Party girl
Imogen Edwards-Jones plots a new career path
Eric, Eileen and Norah
Newly discovered letters shed light on the inner life of Orwell's wife, writes Jenny Joseph
The story so far: Laurie Taylor interviews Michael Frayn
Counting, categorising, complexity. Michael Frayn offers Laurie Taylor his version of the human condition
Out of the shadows
Toby Saul on how the paintings of Diego Velazquez changed our way of seeing
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster
Nina Power deconstructs a contemporary parable