Faking a Killing
The world reacted with horror when it saw a 12-year-old boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers. But the footage, it transpires, told a lie
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
American Revolution
Barack Obama has the mood, the momentum and the money in his favour – but John McCain’s character and record could yet swing November’s presidential election for the Republicans To the happy
China, Red in Tooth and Claw
Wolf Totem is a disconcerting mixture of nationalism, lupine metaphors and nostalgia for the age of nomads. But what does the novel’s runaway success tell us of the aspirations of the new
Christianity, Secularisation and Islam
In the second in our series on religion and public life, a leading Dominican theologian argues that only a recovery of the Judeo-Christian tradition can enable Islam to find its place in
Breaking Faith With Britain
Christianity is central to British identity, but its marginalisation has created a moral vacuum which radical Islam threatens to fill