A better Class of Irony
Fred Inglis on postmodern pedantry and the death of irony
Ideas
Escape from Eden
Raymond Tallis revisits the big question: what makes humans special?
Back to the garden . . .
Roger Griffin considers the responsibility that comes with our special place in the natural world
Leggo Relijan: Laurie Taylor interviews Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson is one of only two living poets to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. Laurie Taylor talks to him about reggae and resistance.
Fogey’s Folly
Frances Crook on Peter Hitchens' History of Crime
A place of greater safety
Paul Barker salutes the suburbs
Who’s We?
Michael Rosen ponders the smug pronoun
Freedom From Ghosts
Tzvetan Todorov's Imperfect Garden, reviewed by AC Grayling
The Life of Slime Mold
John Gray's Straw Dogs reviewed by Ian Hargreaves
Begging Belief
To give or not to give? Julian Baggini is philosophical about charity