Jonah Lehrer | WSJ | 9 March 2012 "Creativity is not magic, and there's no such thing as a creative type. Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill. Anyone can learn to be creative." Here's how Comments Elaine Blair | NYRB | 9 March 2012 Postwar novelists—Updike, Mailer—were male triumphalists. Their successors—Franzen, Shteyngart—have overcorrected. They want women to like them. Their men are losers. Houllebecq is different. He doesn't want to be liked Comments Mure Dickie | FT | 9 March 2012 One year after the nuclear disaster, the worst fears have receded. But more than 100,000 people are still exiled from their homes, with no medium-term prospect of return. They can go back for day trips though, as the FT discovers Comments Lothar Gorris and Sven Röbel | Spiegel | 9 March 2012 Just what the headline says. Interview with Wolfgang Beltracchi. German painter of fake expressionists. "I recognised what was special about a particular artist, in order to do it just a little better than he had managed himself" Comments Kenan Malik | Pandaemonium | 7 March 2012 Is there a difference in moral status between foetus and newborn? If no, where does that argument lead? If yes, what is it and what does it mean? Malik untangles a recent controversy in this typically sensible and thoughtful piece Comments Edward Luce | FT | 9 March 2012 Starts off slowly, picks up speed. Manages to convey that the esteemed conservative thinker is a lush, a braggart and a bore without saying as much. Gives him space to get that message across for himself. Nicely done Comments | 
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