Also in this issue: Stephen Sedley on treason Rosemary Hill on Japanese folk-craft Mélissa Cornet on women in Afghanistan David Trotter on war films Blake Morrison reads Chigozie Obioma Gavin Francis on medicine shortages . . .

Alexander Bevilacqua on a Black Jewish messiah David Goldblatt on the Olympics Colin Kidd on ‘early 18th century paradox-monger’ Bernard Mandeville Nora Goldschmidt on Maecenas, the progenitor of patronage . . .