Film review: Lourdes
Behind its restrained seriousness, this dramatisation of a disabled woman's pilgrimage has a vicious sense of humour, says Fred Rowson
Culture
Book Review: The Loser Letters by Mary Eberstadt
Andrew Mueller enjoys the end of a leaden satire of New Atheism
Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Louise Foxcroft on the oddest biography ever
Diary: Best of the worst
There are no bad books, just special ones says Robin Ince
Q&A: Tim Minchin
As he prepares for his first ever arena tour, we catch up with rising rationalist star Tim Minchin
Slings & arrows
Evolutionary archaeologist Timothy Taylor on the outrageous fortune that made us the dominant ape
Never give up
Laurie Taylor looks through a glass darkly
Book Review: Is God Still an Englishman? by Cole Moreton
Francis Beckett finds out whether the English have lost their soul
On Tractor Street
From elegant modernism to Stalinist kitsch, the history of the Soviet Union’s journey is written all over its facades, finds Owen Hatherley
Exposed!
Is the desire to know other people’s secrets a natural instinct – or a vulgar vice? Sally Feldman lifts the lid on eavesdropping