Which Pope Am I?
Thinking of taking the reins in Vatican City? Wondering how your Papacy might pan out? Size up your Christian credentials by taking our exclusive personality test (Devised by Christina Martin)
Culture
Pimping Ida
The real missing link in the Ida story is that between modern science and PR, says Kenan Malik
Star struck
How Laurie Taylor was nearly Russell Crowe
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Philip Womack is blown away by Hilary Mantel's historical epic
The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? by Slavoj Žižek and John Milbank
Nina Power tires of Slavoj Žižek and his monstrous essays
No fear
I’m not disdainful of blogs, I just want them to live up to their democratic promise. Stephen Howe responds to Owen Hatherley
Sphere of influence
Blogs can be sloppy and vitriolic, admits Owen Hatherley. But they are also a breeding ground for original voices
Film review: Synecdoche, New York
Fred Rowson is fascinated and frustrated by Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut
South Africa’s Brave New World by RW Johnson
Stephen Howe on a monumental, snarling study of post-apartheid South Africa
Gothic revival
Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum – Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the perverse