What’s the big deal?
From poker to Shithead, Canasta to cribbage, Sally Feldman extols the joys and rewards of card games
Culture
People get ready
A new exhibition of James Barnor’s photography provides a route-map of Afro-Modernism. Kobena Mercer gets it in focus
Science, God’s Philosophers and the Dark Ages
The claims made by James Hannam regarding the birth of modern science in the Middle Ages do not stand up to scrutiny, says Charles Freeman
Book review: The Management Myth – Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong
Andrew Mueller enters the world of consultancy
In defence of God’s Philosophers
Historian James Hannam responds to Charles Freeman's critique of his book on the medieval foundations of modern science, which was nominated for the Royal Society's prize for science books
Now let us praise me
Laurie Taylor drowns in compliments
Book Review: Richard by Ben Myers
Owen Hatherley enjoys a novel view of the Manics
Book Review: The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence by Susie Linfield
Max Houghton is impressed by the wide angle of Susie Linfield's moral vision
Diary: What did the Romans ever do for us?
Nothing, it turns out. They did it all for themselves, the selfish so-and-sos. Natalie Haynes explains
Heathen’s greetings
They thought it was a joke when Robin Ince said he was going to mix atheism, comedy and Christmas. But, reports Stephanie Merritt, he’s having the last laugh