Culture

Pimping Ida

The real missing link in the Ida story is that between modern science and PR, says Kenan Malik

How Laurie Taylor was nearly Russell Crowe

Philip Womack is blown away by Hilary Mantel's historical epic

Nina Power tires of Slavoj Žižek and his monstrous essays

I’m not disdainful of blogs, I just want them to live up to their democratic promise. Stephen Howe responds to Owen Hatherley

Blogs can be sloppy and vitriolic, admits Owen Hatherley. But they are also a breeding ground for original voices

Fred Rowson is fascinated and frustrated by Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut

Stephen Howe on a monumental, snarling study of post-apartheid South Africa

Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum – Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the perverse

Cultural relativism and Western chauvinism share one basic principle, claims Kenan Malik: a loss of faith in universal values