The Dinner Lady
Jeanette Orrey's practical cookbook is spoiled by the half-baked prejudices of the Soil Association.
What’s behind the State of Fear?
Michael Crichton's latest blockbuster asks some good questions, but shoots at the wrong target.
Walking among the lonely crowd
Ian McEwan’s new novel, Saturday, takes the temperature of Britain’s biggest-ever anti-war demo.
We’re all gonzo now
Hunter S Thompson's penchant for putting himself in the story is today what passes for mainstream journalism.
Creationism, pluralism and the compromising of science
The trouble with 'teaching the controversy'.
Must-reads from the past week
Dresden: Don’t apologise - understand
The debate surrounding the sixtieth anniversary of the firestorming of Dresden shows how sober analysis of history is being distorted by angst about the world today.
Putting the photos in perspective
Susan Sontag’s 28-year-old book On Photography gives a better take on the Iraq torture snaps than most of today’s commentaries.
The making of London’s ‘white trash’
Michael Collins' chronicle of South-East London looks for the roots of today's chav-bashing.
Fundamentalism begins at home
A French author argues that new forms of Islam owe more to Western identity politics than to the Koran.
Dumbing down? Don’t blame the media
The tendency to blame reality TV both trivialises and underestimates the problem.
