Kitchen sink drama
On International Women's Day Sally Feldman asks is it a coincidence that women are being driven back into the home?
Politics & Conflict
Count yourself out
Winston Fletcher warns that the question asking your religion, included again in this year’s census, is designed to distort
Book review: 33 Revolutions Per Minute by Dorian Lynskey
Andrew Mueller has fun with an intelligent history of protest songs
“Dear God help me die standing”
As the wave of protest resurfaces in Iran, the desperate regime is setting Ninja thugs on the crowds and murdered activists are being claimed as state martyrs. Nasrin Alavi reports
It’s about Egypt not Islam
Mubarak has gone, now what? Mona Eltahawy has a message for those worrying about an Islamic take-over in Egypt
Film review: Of Gods and Men
This depiction of the last days of seven monks murdered by extremists has been widely celebrated, but its questionable take on Christian devotion is ultimately dissatisfying, says Fred Rowson
Quite contrary: inside the Battle of Ideas
The associates of the Institute of Ideas certainly have a talent for getting noticed. But is there more to them than hollow liberal-baiting? asks Richard Wilson
Careless talk?
Some secularists believe that any communication with believers amounts to collaboration. Paul Sims isn’t so sure
Bad Faith Awards 2010
Who gave the silliest sermon or pious pronouncement of the past year? Thousands of you voted and the results are in
The Blair-Hitch project
Hitchens debating religion with Blair in Toronto was a heavyweight contest worth staying up for. Matthew Adams keeps the scores