Boris Johnson’s memoir sells more than 40,000 copies in first week on sale
Unleashed, which covers Johnson’s time as mayor of London, foreign secretary and prime minister, was the bestselling book of the week
‘A street-boy throwing stones at pompous windows’: Claud Cockburn and the birth of guerrilla journalism
Forty years after the death of the man who exposed Nazi sympathisers in Britain and interviewed Al Capone, his son used MI5 files to illuminate his amazing story in a new book
Has Boris Johnson new respect for women? Let’s ask the one he calls ‘old grumpy knickers’
In his memoir, the great inseminator has little good to say about the women around him
‘I need positive things to come of this’: graphic novelist rocked by brother’s suicide donates profits to charity
Award-winning Zoe Thorogood hopes the money raised can help halt rising numbers of young men taking own lives
Exuberant bums abound on the new Rivals. What a relief
I’m deeply attached to Jilly Cooper, who sent me champagne for my wedding, and delighted that Disney has remained true to her denizens of Rutshire
How to put your phone down and get back into habit of reading books
After an English academic at Oxford complained about students’ attention spans, we get experts’ tips on enjoying the written word
Amazon criticised as Tommy Robinson book tops bestseller chart
Campaign group says site is platforming far-right activist by stocking book, which reached No 1 this week
The Guardian view on inequality in the UK: what kids can teach us
Editorial: To get a sense of how unfair Britain is, consider the prospects for its children
First editions of all Jane Austen’s novels to go on display at author’s house
Collection being exhibited at Jane Austen’s House in Hampshire includes her brother Frank’s copy of Emma
Trump took ‘British naval secrets’ to Mar-a-Lago, says Christopher Steele
Former UK spy says in new book Trump ‘apparently unauthorizedly’ took secrets with him
‘If I have a fault, it’s that I’m too honest’ – Boris Johnson’s Unleashed, digested by John Crace
The former prime minister has given us a thrilling insight into his own narcissism. Can’t face reading it? All the parties, scandals and incompetence are broken down here
The queen of suspense: how Ann Radcliffe inspired Dickens and Austen – then got written out of the canon
She was all but forgotten. Now the 18th-century author’s republished novels reveal why she made such an extraordinary contribution to literature
Boy whose Mousetrap show at school led to legal threat joins West End cast
Alasdair Buchan, who directed his version aged 11 in 1997, will play mysterious stranger in long-running whodunnit
Akala: rapper, author, public intellectual – and friend of Angelina Jolie?
Since their appearance together at the Venice film festival, there has been much speculation about the pair
Unleashed by Boris Johnson review – memoirs of a clown
All the fancy verbiage in the world cannot disguise the emptiness at the heart of this self-serving, solipsistic book