Film Review: The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke's ageing grappler is compelling, but distant says Fred Rowson
Culture
Muslim metal
Across the Islamic world young people are flocking to the sounds of hardcore rock and death metal. Mark LeVine reports from Cairo
Space invaders
New towns are often derided as eyesores. But, argues Owen Hatherley, they could transform the future, if we save them from the traditionalists
The Weight of a Mustard Seed by Wendell Steavenson
Nina Power considers complicity in Iraq
Three-Letter Plague by Johnny Steinberg
Andrew Mueller enjoys some journalism with a human touch
The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo
James Randerson encounters a strange legend of physics
Teenagers: A Natural History by David Bainbridge
Bill Thompson gets down with the kids
Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie
Philip Womack barely survives the tedium of a new Chinese novel
The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior by Paul Strathern
Brenda Maddox enjoys some Renaissance history
One track mind
Laurie Taylor hopes he’s not a running joke