In this week's magazine Russell Brand Guest Edit

23 October 2013

Observations
- Naomi Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt
  Is our relentless quest for economic growth killing the planet? Climate scientists have seen the data – and they are coming to some incendiary conclusions.
  By Naomi Klein
Critics
- Beheadings and Eccles cakes: David Mitchell and Robert Webb reunite in Ambassadors
  Ambassadors reserves at least as much of its firepower for naive human rights workers, heritage fetishists in mob caps and those dreary dumbos who believe it’s no more difficult to export culture than it is to crate up a few bottles of HP Sauce.
  By Rachel Cooke
- The Young Dürer: Blueprints for a career
  The centrepiece of the show isn't Mary, or Christ, it's Dürer.
  By Philip Maughan
- Is everyone really a critic?
  User-generated content is driving out expert or elite opinion and this is affecting the film reviewing trade in particular.
  By Andrew Harrison
- Who were the most extraordinary women of the fifties?
  Those who made dangerous choices when the only choice seemed to be "marry or die".
  By Caroline Crampton
Backpages
- The Fan: It is the nature of football to acclaim the gifted young
  In football, as in other forms of human life, people develop at different times, different speeds. They can also fall back or get injured. Successful novelists don’t have to worry about that, unless they fall off their wallet.
  By Hunter Davies

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