Ergo Mania
'I shop, therefore I am'
Mind, Body & Life
The holy zygote
Raffaella Malaguti on Rome's birth controllers
Onions in your navel
Sally Feldman sticks a few pins in the ancient custom of cursing
Freudian trip
Peter Kerr-Jarrett takes a couch trip
What’s the point?
David Ramey sticks a pin in the argument for acupuncture
All a big mistake
Did the godfather of evolution finally renounce his theory? As Darwin Day approaches Padraig Reidy delves into the many shameful rumours of deathbed recantation
Heady Stuff
Simon Hoggart refines his palate
Bullseyes, Black jacks and Nelson’s Balls
How can something that tastes so good be so bad? Sally Feldman succumbs to the secret seduction of sweets
Charm offensive
Can doffing change the world? Pádraig Reidy joins Civilise the City in its march against vulgarity
What’s so funny about cross-dressing?
Our attitude towards transvestism says more about us than we realise, writes Charlotte Suthrell