A chorus of booze
In today's health-scare climate, it takes Kingsley Amis to remind us of the joys of drunkenness, says Toby Saul
Culture
Right to offend?
As the Virtual Museum of Offensive Art opens online, Floris van den Berg ponders the limits of freedom
Servants of the Supernatural: The Night Side of the Victorian Mind by Antonio Melechi
Peter Wayne serves up the supernatural
Something To Tell You by Hanif Kureishi
Philip Womack has something to tell you about Hanif Kureishi's latest
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
Bill Thompson finds Michio Kaku's science impossibly bad
Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture by Simon Reynolds
Andrew Mueller travels back in time to Acid House
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Shirley Dent believes Rushdie is the ultimate humanist storyteller
Book Review: Suckers
Natalie Haynes endorses an attack on alternative medicine
End Game: Sound of silence
Laurie Taylor waxes lyrical
Diary: Give us a hug
Peyvand Khorsandi pays a visit to Amma – India's hugging saint