IN THIS ISSUE

CONTENTS VOLUME 121 NO 5 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006

COVER STORY

26 WILD THINGS Why is fur back on the catwalk, asks Sally Feldman

FEATURES

8KAMIKAZE DIARIES Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney gets inside the minds of the suicide pilots

10DOWN TO EARTH Brian Morris on the pioneers of humanist ecology

14LITTLE MONSTERS Caspar Melville examines children’s fascination with the dark side.

18THE ORWELL FACTOR Jenny Joseph is charmed by Eileen Blair’s letters

CULTURE 34BOOKS

NINA POWER is put off by Auster’s posturing

MICHAEL BINYON on a time of neither revolution nor glory

ROSIE WATERHOUSE on the gonzo trail of human sacrifice

MARTINA EVANS discovers Roddy Doyle’s way with women

PETER WOIT visits Paul Davies’ universe

EBENEZER OBADARE on the genius of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

39ATALANTA A new poem by Alan Brownjohn

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30OUT OF THE SHADOWS Toby Saul on Velásquez’s way of seeing

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