Book review: The Tyranny of Choice by Renata Salecl
Nina Power appreciates a sharp critique of consumerism
Culture
Book review: Barefoot into Cyberspace by Becky Hogge
Bill Thompson embraces the digital revolution
Book review: Humanity 2.0 by Steve Fuller
Angela Saini is frustrated by Steve Fuller
Quiz: a tea-time teaser
Rational thought is required in the humanist tearooms, in Quizmaster Chris Maslanka's latest New Humanist quiz
Book review: Collected Ghost Stories by MR James
Stephanie Merritt has some rational praise for MR James's classic tales of the supernatural
Apocalypse then
As John Martin's visions of Armageddon go on show at Tate Britain, Aaron Rosen argues that they are powerful because they're genuinely scary
Never let me go
Laurie Taylor finds it hard to say goodbye
A match made in heaven
As the new football season kicks off, West Ham fan Sam Delaney has a crisis of faith
I am bovvered
White trash, vermin, underclass, broken Britain. When Owen Jones published his book Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class, he wasn’t expecting such an onslaught
Briefing: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Adam Rutherford remembers getting atheists reciting the Lord's Prayer at last year's rationalist jamboree