Will Self's "Madness of Crowds" column.
The creative power of illness.
Ed Smith's "Left Field" column.
Felix Martin's "Real Money" column.
The former Conservative Education Secretary is sceptical about Michael Gove's free schools.
Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.
He kept power by bullying those who dissented – and his departure leaves a dangerous vacuum.
Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death: Reflections on Memory and Imagination - review.
Alone in America: the Stories that Matter - review.
Sorry! The English and Their Manners - review.
Civilisation’s gains and losses.
Bob Servant Independent - review.
The Books Interview.
"Cruel Britannia: a Secret History of Torture" and "Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain" reviewed.
Play It Again: an Amateur Against the Impossible - review.
This week's radio review.
"I sometimes think of myself as a weak character who simply yielded to invitations."
We are living without the sense of the shamanic and the transformational that our forebears found vital for survival.
Nicholas Lezard's "Down and Out" column.
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