The cosy atheist: Laurie Taylor interviews Rebecca Goldstein
Laurie Taylor quizzes Rebecca Goldstein, author of 36 Arguments for the Existence of God, on her novel approach to religion
Culture
Book review: History and the Enlightenment by Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper mocked religion but he never underestimated it, nor did he succumb to the fashionable over-estimation of the Enlightenment, says Jonathan Rée
Divine Image
What can the godless learn from religious art? A lot, says Aaron Rosen
Film review: Four Lions
A film that laughs at suicide bombers but doesn't offend anyone? Chris Morris's big screen debut is the mouse that didn't roar, says Fred Rowson
Who’s who?
Laurie Taylor checks his references
Diary: The Novel is dead! Huzzah!
Everyone has a novel in them, like a fart or a tumour, says Martin Rowson
Pissing in the wind?
From brain surgery to climate change Ian McEwan has made scientific literacy fashionable. But will it save us, asks Anne Rooney.
Alex’s Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos
Matt Parker visits Numberland with Alex Bellos
Dark Matter by Juli Zeh
Stuart Sim enjoys a metaphysical thriller
Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Toby Saul reviews the memoir of an African master