Out of this world
Why is fantasy taking over our TV screens? Natalie Haynes unravels a mystery
Culture
Only joking
Introducing our recent public debate on humour at London’s Royal Society of Arts, Laurie Taylor discovered that laughter can be a serious business
End Game: Deaf becomes him
You'll have to speak up for Laurie Taylor
The Many Faces of God: Science’s 400-Year Quest for Images of the Divine by Jeremy Campbell
Michael Binyon seeks the face of God
The Absence of Myth: Writings on Surrealism by Geroges Bataille
Daniel Miller says it's all just so surreal
Non-Violence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky
AC Grayling explores the history of non-violence
Auschwitz Report by Primo Levi with Leonardo de Benedetti
Stan Cohen on Primo Levi's report from the death camps
The Creation: A Meeting of Science and Religion by EO Wilson
Jonathan Derbyshire wonders if religion and science can get along
Debating Humanism by Dolan Cummings (eds)
Nick Cohen reads between the lines
Slapstick and pratfalls: Laurie Taylor interviews John Mortimer
John Mortimer tells Laurie Taylor why old age is a farce