Diary
Soft porn, sluttish brides and honour killings. Another routine week for feminist journalist Natalie Haynes
Culture
Charity Balls: Laurie Taylor Interviews Richard Curtis
From Blackadder to Four Weddings and a Funeral Richard Curtis has made millions out of making us laugh. He tells Laurie Taylor why comedy has a duty to bring relief
Hopeless romantics
Lynda Nead takes in the National Gallery's new show
Ol’ misery guts
Laurie Taylor on the slippery slope to pessimism
True Aim
Andrew Mueller peruses the life of the other Elvis
Wrong headed
Dominic Hilton on a 'timely satire' that is neither
Out on a limb
JM Coetzee has done it again says Chris Paling
Monkey business
A new book on apes has nothing to teach us about human nature says Steven Rose
Return of the master
Salman Rushdie's new novel more than justifies the hype, says Candy Clarke
Prime cuts
Andrew Tudor looks at how DVD reissues and their much touted extras have changed our relationship with film