Quiz: A lurgical problem
Quizmaster Chris Maslanka challenges you to sidestep death and defeat the dreaded lurgy
Ideas
Woman of substance
Barbara Wootton attended the League of Nations, helped abolish the death penalty and became a magistrate before she was eligible to vote. Ann Oakley reviews a truly remarkable career
Changing course
The 'Arab Spring' has changed how we teach Middle East politics forever, says Kerem Oktem
Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall talks to Laurie Taylor about race, relativism and revolution
Test-tube truths
Should science guide our moral decisions? Kenan Malik puts Sam Harris's latest argument under the microscope
The man who would be God: an interview with AC Grayling
Anthony Grayling's latest book is his most daring. He has rewritten the Bible, leaving out God. Matthew Adams meets him
Mortal fear: Laurie Taylor interviews Lewis Wolpert
Do we have to die? Biologist Lewis Wolpert talks to Laurie Taylor about the mysteries of ageing
Quiz: No eggs/pence spared
Break a few eggs and price up an omelette with quizmaster Chris Maslanka
Book review: Justice for Hedgehogs by Ronald Dworkin
Conor Gearty takes a tour round Ronald Dworkin's remarkable mind
Rhyme & reason
200 years ago Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford for publishing ‘The Necessity of Atheism’. Jonathan Rée reassesses the romantic poet’s rationalism