The Triple Package: What Really Determines Success by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld – review
This pseudo-scientific account of why certain ethnic groups prosper is a joke, writes Catherine Bennett
Appreciation: Stuart Hall, 1932-2014
Martin Jacques, the former editor of Marxism Today, considers the impact of sociologist and cultural theorist Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall’s cultural legacy: Britain under the microscope
Stuart Jeffries: The so-called 'godfather of multiculturalism' changed Britain for the better even while he showed us the ugly truth about our racist society
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? – Berlin 2014: first look review
Michel Gondry tries to get to grips with Noam Chomsky's philosophical and linguistic theories in this entertaining, part-animated interview
David Harris obituary
Academic whose worldwide studies shed new light on the complexity and origins of farming
I wrote the Anarchist Cookbook in 1969. Now I see its premise as flawed
William Powell: When I penned the book, I was angry and alienated. Today I realize that violence can't be used to prevent violence
The rules regarding words, and a word regarding rules
From Snoop to Shakespeare, the tricks of rhetoric serve playwrights, singers, politicians and evangelists equally well, writes Mark Forsyth
Kindles makes up for lack of books in Ghana’s reading revolution
Guardian Christmas appeal: school turns to technology to tackle poor literacy among students – and achieves remarkable results
Peter Frank obituary
Academic and broadcaster who made Russian politics intelligible to a British audience
Children’s fiction is not great literature
Jonathan Myerson: Kent University was right – the best children's books are better written, but only adult literature confronts the range of human experience
Vatican and Bodleian libraries launch online archive of ancient religious texts
Website funding from Polonsky Foundation includes Bodleian's 1455 Gutenberg Bible and aims to put 1.5m pages online
How can we end the male domination of philosophy?
There is still an 'aristocracy of sex' in the world of philosophy, says Jonathan Wolff, where women find it hard to thrive
How the visual language of comics could have its roots in the ice age
Cartoons have a sophisticated language all their own, argues psychologist and comics obsessive Neil Cohn. He breaks it down for David Robson
London book benches: are you sitting comfortably?
New literacy scheme will recreate famous books including Wind in the Willows and 1984, in form of seating
Fifty Shades of Grey goes viral – literally
Library copies of the bestselling sadomasochistic romance were found to carry traces of herpes and cocaine