Why Julian Clary loves mincing … but says bah humbug to mince pies
From panto to drama, touring and writing his books, the comedian loves multitasking. Just don’t ask him to your Christmas party…
Me, Mum and Dogger: the return of a children’s classic
At 92, Shirley Hughes has written a Christmas sequel to her enduring tale of a lost toy. Her son, who is the real Dogger’s owner, tells all…
Wait, be patient, keep faith: an unlikely mantra for life
In these turbulent times, we can all learn from novelist Anna Burns’s creative process for opening her mind, says literary critic Alice O’Keeffe
The people heartened by Peter Handke’s Nobel prize are genocide deniers
The Swedish Academy’s defence of its controversial award only serves to fuel the rise of far-right extremism, says writer Adnan Delalić
Book People collapse plunges small publisher Galley Beggar into crisis
Editors say it was pressured into printing an edition of Ducks, Newburyport for the discount retailer but now may not see the returns
Charles Dickens’s final Christmas turkey lost by Great Western Railway
Rediscovered letter records that 30lb bird was dispatched by train but transferred to a replacement coach service that caught fire
Book People goes into administration, with almost 400 jobs at risk
Online and pop-up bookseller will continue to trade and hopes to fulfil all orders
Peter Pan’s dark side emerges with release of original manuscript
JM Barrie’s first draft of the classic story paints the hero as a far less pleasant boy
Fifty shades of dismay as grimmest campaign ever finally comes to an end
Could EL James dominating the decade’s bestseller list be one reason Britain has fallen apart?
Book prize judge alleges co-jurors did not finish reading shortlist
Lesley McDowell was one of five judges for the Saltire Scottish fiction book of the year, but claims gender bias slanted decision against Lucy Ellmann
Police files on Queen Victoria’s suffragette goddaughter to go on display
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was deemed a danger to the state and heavily surveilled
The Tiger Who Came to Tea review – a charming, faithful adaptation
Snowman and Snowdog producers Lupus Films have made Christmas treat from Judith Kerr’s children’s classic
Olga Shipperbottom obituary
Other lives: Long-serving head of the children’s department at a Manchester bookshop
Melania Trump is no caped crusader for women’s rights. She’s still Donald’s fig leaf
Casting the first lady as a feminist obviously has its attractions. And yet...
England’s last roar: Pankaj Mishra on nationalism and the election
Ideas of Englishness have long failed to adapt to loss of empire and national decline. Will this crucial UK election bring about a post-imperial day of reckoning?