It’s Grimm down south
Classical: Four fairy tales are given a fresh spin, while Trevor Nunn brings the house down - literally, says Anthony Holden.
The Gipper writes
It's the small details of life as President - pining for Nancy, chopping logs - not pesky affairs of state that distinguish Ronald Reagan's White House diaries, says Carole Cadwalladr.
Nancy scores again
Nancy Dell'Olio's autobiography My Beautiful Game looks on the bright side, says Lisa O'Kelly.
Not just a bread-and-butter case of murder
James Fergusson's The Vitamin Murders explores the bloody end of Britain's first foodie, says Paul Levy.
Confessions of a super Grass
Gunter Grass's Peeling the Onion caused a furore when published in Germany; now available in English, it demands to be read, says Tim Gardam.
Russian romance
Tom Stoppard, who celebrates his 70th birthday next month, just won a record clutch of Tony awards for The Coast of Utopia. Playwright Nina Raine joins him in rehearsals for the trilogy before it opens in Moscow.
The robber prince
Charles Spencer's life of Prince Rupert skilfully explores the contradictions in a military leader, says Antonia Fraser.
Picture perfect
James Fenton braves the saleroom for a Raphael.
The put-upon princess
Tina Brown's The Diana Chronicles takes the familiar tales and translates them into racier dialect, says Catherine Bennett.
Dutch courage
Hollandophobes like Ruskin were wrong to dismiss the painters of the Golden Age as prosaic materialists. Bold artists such as Frans Hals and Rembrandt transformed portraiture by capturing the poetry of daily life, argues Simon Schama.
The great escape – part 2
Updike's Rabbit novels on a tour of America, War and Peace in the sweltering heart of Africa, Moby-Dick on the South Atlantic and Anita Brookner in the midst of the Eritrean war - writers recall the most memorable books of their travels ...
Wanted: the real Hillary
Carl Bernstein is the man who broke the Watergate scandal. But A Woman in Charge doesn't crack Mrs Clinton, says Peter Preston.
Dream works
People eating their own underclothes, diabolical bicycle chains and wagging tongues - the films of Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer are not just prankish delights, but scathing allegories of the abuse of power, argues Marina Warner.
Memoirs within memoirs
Despite his reservations Nicholas Lezard finds Clive James's North Face of Soho unputdownable.
A sleek, power-seeking machine
Barbara Ehrenreich sees evidence of a Faustian bargain in two books on Hillary Clinton's life.