The Blair-Hitch project
Hitchens debating religion with Blair in Toronto was a heavyweight contest worth staying up for. Matthew Adams keeps the scores
Politics & Conflict
Book Review: The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence by Susie Linfield
Max Houghton is impressed by the wide angle of Susie Linfield's moral vision
Tibet’s small exercise in democracy
Tibet must find a secular alternative to being led by a dalai lama … said the Dalai Lama to Isabel Hilton
Calm down, old boy: Laurie Taylor interviews Simon Heffer
Telegraph thunderer Simon Heffer reveals to Laurie Taylor what it’s like being right
Farewell Gordon
Francis Beckett reviews two books telling the inside story of the implosion of New Labour
Because you’re worth it?
It can cure cancer, make you rich and even foster world peace, claim its advocates. But what proof is there, asks Ben Fine, that social capital has any benefits at…
Book review: Raising Dust by Nicholas Rowe
This study of Palestinian dance provides a rare insight into the lives of the region's people, says Andrew Mueller
Lies, damn lies and Chinese science
The People's Republic is becoming a technological superpower, but who's checking the facts? Sam Geall seeks out the Chinese science cops
Aid wars
Mired in controversy from Afghanistan to Sudan, humanitarianism itself is in crisis. Susie Linfield surveys the battlefield
Book review: Neoconservatism by Justin Vaisse
Anatol Lieven assesses the past and future of an idea