The mind ironic
Matthew Adams remembers winning a £10 bet, and gaining a lifetime's inspiration from Christopher Hitchens
Culture
Still life
Laurie Taylor talks sadly to himself
Cartoon cowardice shames our press
In the aftermath of the firebombing of Charlie Hebdo, reprints of the magazine's Muhammad cover were conspicuous by their absence, notices Frederick Stjernfelt
A tale of two Dickens
The great Christian chronicler of Victorian destitution was also a ‘wicked man’. Matthews Adams talks to biographer Claire Tomalin about the conflicted life that fed his art
Quiz: do bears sit in the woods?
Chris Maslanka challenges you to work out the Three Bears' exam results
Book review: The Pursuits of Philosophy by Jenny Bunker
Jenny Bunker enjoys an unusual introduction to Hume
Book review: What it Means to be Human by Joanna Bourke
John Appleby explores the meaning of humanity
Book review: The Secrets of Pain by Phil Rickman
Natalie Haynes endures a painful crime novel
Book review: The Viral Storm by Nathan Wolfe
Mark Pagel faces the threat from pandemics
Book review: Religion in Human Evolution
Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study