J’accuse
It's a dispute that involves just about every emotive issue you can think of - Israel, Palestine, human rights, freedom of speech. Gary Younge dissects the academic battle that has gripped America.
Research reveals spiritual journey of Tolkien fans
Tolkien fans do not just watch the films and reread the books - they are on a spiritual journey and doing their best to forget the ending, says a study.
JB Trapp
Obituary: Historian and librarian with a gift for sharing scholarship.
£27m scheme to give free books to all under-fives
Education secretary to announce initiative designed to promote reading and help overcome class barriers by targeting very young.
Good idea, shame about the selection
Dina Rabinovitch: The Booktrust list is not a treasure chest of the best children's books around.
Free books give children the gift of reading
Millions handed out to encourage parents to inspire a life-long habit.
Wake for the corncrake
Findings, the tale of Kathleen Jamie's pursuit of a once common bird, will open your eyes to the wonders of the natural world, says Josh Lacey.
Class action
Ian Davidson's hugely readable biography, Voltaire in Exile, is a perfect example of age leading to wisdom, says Nicholas Lezard.
David Daiches
Obituary: Prolific scholar and teacher whose works showed his mastery of literary criticism, history and culture.
Salt of the earth
Peter Nichols enjoys Trevor Norton's Under Water to Get Out of the Rain, the memoirs of a marine biologist.
Too many bones, too little meat
In Karolyn Shindler's Discovering Dorothea, a pioneering fossil-hunter's heart remains hidden, says Kathryn Hughes.
Naval gazing
As the 200th anniversary of Nelson's death approaches, Geoffrey Moorhouse sails through a fleet of books about the man and his time.
Bobbing about in Cork
Seamus Sweeney on Patrick Cockburn's engaging memoir of a forgotten epidemic, The Broken Boy.