Supreme being
Ashley Kahn on Coltrane's spiritual journey
Culture
Fail better
Nina Power says the centenary of Samuel Beckett's birth is worth celebrating
Sandals and spooks
Why did the British secret services take such a keen interest in the activities of folk icon Ewan MacColl? Ken Hunt digs in the archives
Projecting the human
Andrew Tudor searches for the soul of cinema
Fiendish summer quiz
Win a host of prizes
Lost plot
Brenda Maddox reviews Mary Loudon's memoir of a lost sister
Goodbye to all that
Michael Bywater misses his ivory tower
Natty Dread
Lloyd Bradley assesses the eternal influence of Jamaica's finest
Light reading
Candy Clarke on Nadime Gordimer's 14th novel
Lies, all lies
Chris Paling visits Paul Auster's Brooklyn