Capturing the beloved country

David Hockney embraces the iPad and digital film to show us Yorkshire in a new light.

Night... all day, every day

Peter Arkell appreciates Jean-Claude Wicky's photographs of Bolivian tin and silver miners.

Reality is more than simply language

John Searle sets out to outline the importance of language but ends up justifying the present social system.

Free Palestine

Campaigners accuse BBC of "manipulation and duplicity"in defending censoring of “Free Palestine” from a rap.

Recording Everything

It will become technologically and financially feasible for authoritarian governments to record nearly everything that is said or done within their borders, warns an authoritative new report.

The Knesset approves an illegal migrants' bill

Bill approved in Israel is a total violation of the Geneva Convention on refugees, as it transforms them into criminals, says international human rights group.

Adnan al-Sayegh’s poetry of freedom

Sparrows don't love bullets - an interview with Iraqi poet-in-exile Adnan al-Sayegh.

A slice of Serbia in 24 hours

Dylan Strain captures the mood of the people and the country after travelling back to Serbia to teach English.

Mystery balanced by clarity

Leonardo and Vermeer’s work sings out with clarity and a sense of self-contained inner life, says Robin Richmond.

Crimes in the name of democracy

Peter Arkell looks at a passionate account of how Western arrogance destroyed Afghanistan's chance to rise above tribal interests.

Beyond an alienated society

Sean Sayers' concise and delightful summary centred on Marx's work on alienation can help in the task of transcending capitalism. Review by Gerry Gold.

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