"Why does a fabulously wealthy heiress marry an impecunious, if upper-crust, rampantly gay chancer who has more than a hint of the gold-digger about him?"

Jews and Christians have respect for their differences because they talk to each other. Can Muslims be persuaded to do the same?

They cast their literary spells over a generation, but have Martin Amis and Ian McEwan merit as moralists?

Eighty years old this month, the Canadian singer and songwriter has always been proud to be a Jew first and last — as his songs reveal