So why exactly does England have an established church?
As Church of England attendances continue to fall, Paul Sims considers the nation's love of anachronisms
Politics & Conflict
Book review: Frantz Fanon, A Biography
More than fifty years after his death revolutionary Frantz Fanon continues to inspire and perplex in equal measure. Stephen Howe welcomes a new edition of the definitive biography
Pussy Riot: one year on
It is one year to the day since members of the punk collective Pussy Riot were detained following a 'blasphemous' guerilla anti-Putin performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.…
Talking ’bout a revolution
With the whiff of rebellion again in the air, the work of Victor Serge is being rediscovered. Not before time, says Owen Hatherley
You can’t talk people out of religion
Jacques Berlinerblau responds to Kenan Malik’s review of his book.
Book Review: How to Be Secular by Jacques Berlinerblau
Why is secularism a toxic word in the US, and can it be rehabilitated? Kenan Malik on a new book by American academic Jacques Berlinerblau, which promises to do just…
A letter from Syria
Reporting from the Turkey-Syria border, Padraic Rohan asks whether the West's refusal to aid rebels in ousting Bashar al-Assad is feeding Islamist extremism
The chosen ones
Early in the race for the White House both parties pledged to steer clear of religion. As it comes down to the wire have they kept their word? Abby Ohlheiser…
Book review: The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside The Global Battle for Democracy
With Mubarak and Gaddafi vanquished, and Assad clinging on, there couldn't be a more auspicious time for a book about how dictators have adapted to modernity. Right time, right subject,…
Lessons unlearnt
With its cast of blood-thirsty mullahs, equivocating politicians, apologetic liberals and artists requiring police protection, Salman Rushdie’s memoir of the fatwa years couldn’t be more timely, says Kenan Malik