Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone by Eduardo Galeano
Andreas Campomar surveys the 20th century with a Uruguayan master
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Testament by Jean Meslier
Colin Brewer admires the last testament of an atheist priest
Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals by Christopher Payne
Max Houghton on stunning new photographs of America's state asylums
Going gentle
A series of new care centres shows modern architecture rediscovering its humanity. Ken Worpole takes the tour
Fair game?
350 million do it regularly. It offers levels of complexity and human interaction beyond any other art form. We can’t continue to ignore the cultural impact of online gaming, says…
Film review: The Book of Eli & The Road
Fred Rowson tours the wasted landscape of two new versions of the end of the world
Bad Faith Awards 2009: Pope Benedict XVI emerges victorious
After a tightly fought campaign, and more than 7,000 votes cast, we announce the winner of our coveted 2009 Bad Faith Award
Jihad jokes
Who dares make fun of Islam? Canadian television, apparently. Roger Davidson tunes in
First As Tragedy, Then As Farce by Slavoj Žižek
Owen Hatherley finds Žižek actually making sense
Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World by Barbara Ehrenreich
Keith Kahn-Harris enjoys Barbara Ehrenreich's antidote to positive thinking