Sex appeal
America’s Religious Right has devised a seductive new recruitment strategy, reveals Dagmar Herzog
Mind, Body & Life
Torch bearers
Politics, religion and money may be wrestling to control the Olympics. But, argues Paul Sims, they’ll never be a match for the sheer drama
The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley
Helene Joffe prepares for the worst
Diary: Give us a hug
Peyvand Khorsandi pays a visit to Amma – India's hugging saint
Craft works: Laurie Taylor interviews Richard Sennett
Richard Sennett tells Laurie Taylor why he believes in patience, practicality and a job well done
Check republics
The game of chess has its roots in rationalism. And, like the Enlightenment itself, argues Sally Feldman, it’s a force for both liberation and tyranny
Analyse this!
In a field so riven by schism as psychoanalysis, a new book about Freud has to be greeted with some scepticism, says Joseph Schwartz
Till death us do part?
Weddings may be as popular as ever, but, as Sally Feldman discovers from our own survey, the chimes they are a changing
Sssshhhhh…
Stuart Sim needs some quiet time
Mystic Manhattan
Solana Larsen catches up with a past life in New York