Death missions
Can Japanese kamikaze pilots be compared with today's suicide bombers? Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney reads those young airmen's diaries
Politics & Conflict
Party girl
Imogen Edwards-Jones plots a new career path
Eric, Eileen and Norah
Newly discovered letters shed light on the inner life of Orwell's wife, writes Jenny Joseph
Walking the tightrope
Ramin Jahanbegloo, one of Iran's pre-eminent intellectuals, was released on bail on August 30, after being held for more than four months in Tehrans notorious Evin prison. He is accused…