Christmas: an atheist survival guide
Myra Zepf's hints for a happy humanist holiday
Culture
Book review: Where Have You Been? by Joseph O’Connor
Philip Womack revels in the short stories of Joseph O'Connor
Talking ’bout a revolution
With the whiff of rebellion again in the air, the work of Victor Serge is being rediscovered. Not before time, says Owen Hatherley
Skin deep
Laurie Taylor springs a leak
Book review: You must change your life by Peter Sloterdijk
Jonathan Rée enjoys the latest performance by 'the Lady Gaga of philosophy'
Book Review: The Atheist’s Primer by Michael Palmer
If you're looking for a handy arsenal of arguments against religion this is the book for you, says Michael Bywater
You can’t talk people out of religion
Jacques Berlinerblau responds to Kenan Malik’s review of his book.
Book Review: How to Be Secular by Jacques Berlinerblau
Why is secularism a toxic word in the US, and can it be rehabilitated? Kenan Malik on a new book by American academic Jacques Berlinerblau, which promises to do just…
Inspired by witch trials
Musician Darren Hayman on the making of his new album, The Violence
Book review: Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre
In his new book, the Bad Science author Ben Goldacre takes on the faulty practices of the pharmaceutical industry. Is it a battle he can win? asks Martin Robbins