T H E ORIGINAL CASTAWAY

Sara Wheeler surveys Selkirk's Island Felipe Fernandez-Armesto on the Empire's Class Act Martin Vander Weyer on the Square Mile's Demise

Alan Palmer on the Flame of Freedom Bryan Appleyard on Sex, Money and Power

John Grigg judges Indira Gandhi Carole Angier defends Paul Steinberg Ray Monk bets on Wittgenstein's Poker The Ungentle Shakespeare * The Glorious Gielgud

The Trial of Henry Kissinger Frank McLynn mourns prehistoric Mammals

Andrew Lycett travels with Camels Heffer hails Hoggart * Heroines and Harlots

FICTION: Faulks, Warner, Theroux, Hornby, Gurnah, Murakarni, Sinclair.. .