In search of Eden
Jill Sinclair takes a botanical trek with Jamaica Kincaid in Among Flowers.
Andrea Dworkin
Obituary: Feminist writer and tireless campaigner against pornography and the violent oppression of women.
Cook the books
Jamie Oliver embarrassed ministers into stumping up the cash for decent school meals. Now we need somebody to do the same for the school book budget, writes John Crace.
Parents told to learn lesson from Jamie Oliver on school books
Parents should fight for more cash to be spent on classroom books in a campaign on the lines of Jamie Oliver's drive to improve school meals, the children's laureate says today.
It’s a shore thing
Kathryn Hughes finds surprising modern twists in Bella Bathurst's The Wreckers, a tale of those who plunder ships they have lured to their doom.
How Dante beat Galileo to law of motion by 300 years
The poet Dante Alighieri knew about modern physics as well as sophisticated rhyme. An Italian physicist reports that some 300 years ahead of Galileo, the great poet of hell, purgatory and heaven described a physical law of motion now known as Galilean invariance.
A Prospero for our time
Michael Kustow's biography charts Peter Brook's transformation from precocious master to itinerant sage. Simon Callow pays homage.
Down and out with Dregs and Giro
Matthew Collin finds bitter comedy in Stuart, the life of a homeless man told by charity worker Alexander Masters.
The strange case of RL Stevenson
From Edinburgh to the South Seas ... James Buchan follows Claire Harman on the trail of literary lion Robert Louis Stevenson.
Fantastic voyage
Elizabeth Harlan draws a portrait of a damaged family in her biography of George Sand, but leaves many questions unanswered, says Lucasta Miller.
Above the law
Martin Jacques salutes Lawless World, a clear and readable account of how America turned its back on international law from Philippe Sands.
Looted ancient book must be sent back to Italy
12th century missal found its way from a cathedral to the British Library. Now its return may mean a law change.
Who’s up for an Arthur?
Candidates for the first ever Sir Arthur C Clarke awards (to be known as Arthurs) now include Beagle 2's Colin Pillinger and the Huygens scientist John Zarnecki.