Carbolic and Confession: Laurie Taylor interviews Helena Kennedy
Helena Kennedy tells Laurie Taylor about her Catholic childhood in Glasgow and the roots of her passion for justice
Human Rights & Ethics
You shall go to the ball
Misogynist trap, soppy fantasy, or universal truth? Sally Feldman waves a magic wand over Cinderella
From Juke Joints to Jamie Callum
Caspar Melville goes in search of the spirit of jazz
Burning issue
Each week there are over 2,000 cases of arson in the UK, and the numbers are rising steadily. Mike Presdee analyses the nature of and motivation for this crime of…
After the Gulag
Laura Piacentini explores the paradoxes of Russia's prisons since the fall of the Soviet Union
Assault on freedom
Nick Cohen deplores the sinister absurdity of Blunkett's latest proposal for dealing with religious hatred
Backlash in disguise
Eliane Glaser wonders why so many level-headed non-believers are suddenly falling for white dresses, bridesmaids and solemn vows
Gay gobbledegook
Brett Lock doesn't recognise Queer Street
A woman’s right to choose
As a number of backbenchers prepare to table Private Member's Bills on abortion in the coming term, activists demanding more stringent controls are now targeting women Labour MPs with hate…
Domestic bliss!
As women become liberated from domestic drudgery, are they in danger of losing something fundamental? Lesley Johnson and Justine Lloyd reassess the housewife