Apocalysts now
What if you not only believed that the world was going to end but had the power to make it happen? David S Katz explores the modern occult
Politics & Conflict
Losing Faith
Andrew Copson finds danger in Blair's education reforms
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
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
After bombs and ashes
Moving back from Yale to the London School of Economics, Professor Paul Gilroy finds his home town changed but the people just as mixed up
What is genocide?
An extraordinarily large part of modern legal, human rights and academic discourse is devoted to finding the 'right' definition of genocide, says Stan Cohen
The red death
Michael Binyon on the bloodiest and most costly war ever fought.
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.
Floodgates of reform
Elections in June offer the chance for transformation in Iran. Mohsen Sazegara, a former aide to Ayatollah Khomeini, offers his solution for escaping theocracy