Lord Brown of Eaton-Under-Heywood obituary

Judge who made a lasting impact on immigration and sexual offence law and went on to become a supreme court justice

‘Heart-stopping’: censored pages of history of Elizabeth I reappear after 400 years

British Library uses new technique to uncover passages of Camden’s Annals, the first official account of Elizabeth’s reign

Royal Society of Literature aims to broaden representation as it announces 62 new fellows

RSL president Bernadine Evaristo highlights need to change to become an organisation for all writers rather than just the white and middle class

Geoffrey Chaucer note asking for time off work identified as his handwriting

Exclusive: Document originally thought to be written by clerk on behalf of Canterbury Tales writer who worked as civil servant

‘It’s not climate change, it’s everything change’: sci-fi authors take on the global crisis

Margaret Atwood and Cormac McCarthy led the way. Now a new crop of novelists is putting the heating emergency at the forefront of their plots

No, Caitlin Moran: men do talk about their feelings – and birthday parties, and plaits

Modern masculinity is increasingly about opening up, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Edinburgh film festival announces lineup after seeing off closure threat

Having survived the collapse of its parent organisation, the festival returns with a slimmed-down event

Winners of the inaugural Martha Mills prize for young writers announced

Judges praised the ‘staggering amount of talent on display’ in entries to the competition launched by the London Review Bookshop for writers aged 11 to 14

‘Not so alien’: biologist busts myths and explores enigma of the octopus

David Scheel’s study of mysterious creatures separates misconceptions from the often more extraordinary facts

‘Translation is an art’: why translators are battling for recognition

Like any author, translators want to receive credit for their work instead of being treated as an afterthought

Andrea Levy’s notes on Mary Seacole brought to light by IT experts

The writer’s scripts for a TV series about the nurse were among those recovered from her old computer by the British Library

Dolly Parton: the star who unites rock with country … and left with right

The singer has the political talent to take stands – on gay rights, or child literacy – without losing her conservative heartland fans

‘Choose drugs?’ 30 years after he wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh says life is tougher now

The book was a stark warning about heroin use. But its author believes the message has changed

Rare Harry Potter bought for 30p may fetch up to £5,000

First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone bought by UK book collector goes up for auction next week

I found comfort in grisly true crime stories. Giving them up brought me peace

It’s hard to admit, but I was using others’ tragedies as a way of protecting myself. Then an ad snapped me out of it, says writer Mollie Goodfellow