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.. .