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Pakistan's army offensive has wrongfooted the Taliban. But the larger war of ideas has yet to be won. Pervez Hoodbhoy explains.

Vanessa Baird draws a few conclusions.

Mass suicide the CO₂ way in Polyp’s cartoon.

'Make do and mend' is a time-honoured Egyptian talent, discovers Maria Golia.

Some call it 'live aid'. Some call it 'dead aid'. The debate is raging. Vanessa Baird and Jonathan Glennie tell the story so far...

At a new age festival in Sweden, a group of people who’ve never met before explore tree-hugging, sweat lodges, shamanism, tantric sex.

The top tourist destination in Niger until the late 1980s, the city of Agadez – located in the dead centre of the country – is today no more than a shadow of its former self.

Jeremy Seabrook visits Bangladesh to better understand the roots of child labour.

CDs that didn't quite make a full review, but are still worthy of a mention.

It takes a singular talent to make a book of 1,000 pages that is as hard to put down as it is to pick up. Despite its size, 2666 retains the agility of a thriller.

Starting where founding father of afrobeat Fela Kuti left off, this album features energetic tracks of sweaty inventiveness.

Mike Bonanno is a cultural activist and one half of the Yes Men. Five years ago he and sidekick Andy Bichlbaum were invited on to BBC World News pretending to represent Dow Chemicals, whose environmental legacy included the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster.

For all its ancient antecedents, Siwan is a very modern album and a joyous meditation for that.

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A graphic adaptation of the book by Studs Terkel by Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle.