In the New Review this weekend
The ‘Peep Show’ star Robert Webb on finding God; Cannes 2008 - the hottest tickets in town; foodiephobia - does anybody eat normally any more?
Desperately seeking Osama: Morgan Spurlock on his hunt for the world's most wanted man
He risked his health to expose the evils of fast food in 'Super Size Me'. But the subject of Morgan Spurlock's new documentary could have killed him far more efficiently. So what on earth possessed the film-maker to go in search of the world's most wanted man?
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Daisy Lowe: Pearl's girl is the new queen bee of the rock'n'roll It-girls
How does a girl born into a real-life of rock'n'roll soap opera (Sex! Drugs! Paternity tests!) make her own her mark in the world? By becoming this year's hottest model and the star of her own reality TV show, that's how...
Sheila Hancock: 'I didn't think I had a brain at all'
She was a 'tacky rep actress' touring with Harold Pinter as he wrote 'The Birthday Party'. So why has Sheila Hancock waited 50 years to star in his masterpiece?
- Beatles for Sale, By John Blaney (Rated 3/ 5 )
- Walk the Blue Fields, By Claire Keegan (Rated 5/ 5 )
- Farewell Britannia: A family saga of Roman Britain, By Simon Young (Rated 4/ 5 )
- Book extract: The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam, By Lauren Liebenberg
- Gifted, By Nikita Lalwani (Rated 5/ 5 )
- Granta 101, ed Jason Cowley (Rated 4/ 5 )
- The Secret Life of Words: How English became English, By Henry Hitchings
Shot and sweet: Skye Gyngell's delicious coffee recipes
Every morning as I open my eyes, I am comforted by the immediate thought of the coffee that awaits me – if I can only make my way downstairs to the kitchen. My ritual is to put a little pot filled with water and strong ground coffee on the stove to brew, and as the smell fills the house I run my bath, knowing that all will be right with the world as soon as I've taken that first sip.
How We Met: Jill Murphy & Katharine Holabird
'You'd be surprised by how much self-doubt a writer can have. We try to encourage each other'
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4 Fritzl may be tried for murder over baby son's death
5 As Clinton campaign flounders, hopes of Democratic 'dream ticket' resurface
6 Hizbollah rules west Beirut in Iran's proxy war with US
8 Circumcision 'is the best weapon in fight against Aids'
9 Johann Hari: The loathsome smearing of Israel's critics
10 Brian Viner: The naked truth about football, not a pretty picture
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1 The Big Question: What would Scottish independence mean, and how would it work?
2 Hizbollah rules west Beirut in Iran's proxy war with US
3 Circumcision 'is the best weapon in fight against Aids'
4 Absence of Burma's notorious strongman provokes speculation of a power struggle
6 Matthew Norman: American democracy in all its filthy glory
8 Cannes: The decline of the world’s leading film festival
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3 The great organic myths rebutted
4 Sarah Churchwell: Hang on in there, Hillary. It's too soon to quit
5 Christina Patterson: It's such hard work pursuing sex and power
6 Peter Popham: Italian fascism is once again on the rise
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