Malls & Mausoleums
Iran refuses to conform to expectations, finds Nina Power
Culture
Laughs around the world
No matter where you're from, humour is the international language, says Natalie Haynes
Facebook knows I’m an atheist
Social networkers are broadcasting their unbelief all over the web, says Bill Thompson. And in doing so they might just help raise the profile of atheism.
The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr
Bill Thompson is excited by the digital revolution
The Happiest Man in the World by Alec Wilkinson
Michael Bywater is in awe of Poppa Neutrino
African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou
Natalie Haynes is unimpressed by an African murder mystery
Villages of Vision: A Study of Strange Utopias by Gillian Darley
Ken Worpole visits utopian villages with Gillian Darley
Death at Intervals by José Saramago
Philip Womack admires another fable from Nobel Laureate José Saramago
Counterknowledge by Damian Thomson
AC Grayling reviews a Catholic attack on nonsense
Capture the moment
Truth, immediacy, humanity – Peter Hamilton celebrates the work of two major photographers