Politics & Conflict

Culture’s revenge: Laurie Taylor interviews Stuart Hall

Disillusioned but not defeated, Stuart Hall talks to Laurie Taylor about the limits of liberalism

Against the tide

Stephen Howe wallows in left melancholia

Sex Crimes

Brian Whitaker traces the evolution of Middle-Eastern homophobia

New testaments

30 years after the Soweto uprising, Carol Lee meets some survivors

Best of enemies

Capitalism and central planning need each other, argues Steven Lukes

Sandals and spooks

Why did the British secret services take such a keen interest in the activities of folk icon Ewan MacColl? Ken Hunt digs in the archives

Gaza Taliban?

On the eve of the Palestinian elections in 2006, Aya Yasmina May asked what we can expect of Hamas

‘Moscow isn’t Sodom’

Merlin Holland joins the first Gay Pride march in the Russian capital

Taliban tendency

What is the right balance between authority and autonomy, between prohibition and freedom? This has become the overarching question during Tony Blair's third term.

Trapped by Buddha

It's not just China that is preventing the emergence of a modern Tibet. Western romantic delusions are just as stifling, argues novelist Jamyang Norbu