The Palace Papers review – a rollicking ride through recent royal family history
Tina Brown’s sparkling prose and eye for detail enliven an entertaining exposé – with a little help from Prince Andrew and his 50-strong crew of teddy bears
Digested week: practice doesn’t make perfect for Boris Johnson apology
PM still did not sound entirely sincere over Partygate – and later proved repentance was skin deep
Matt Hancock to publish tell-all book on government’s handling of pandemic
The former health secretary will look back at how he and his fellow ministers handled the coronavirus outbreak
Whitby Abbey seeks budding bloodsuckers to break vampire record
English Heritage announce bid to stage world’s largest gathering of people dressed as a vampire at site that inspired Bram Stoker
The God of Small Things to Shuggie Bain: the Queen’s jubilee book list
Expert panel selects 70 books from across the Commonwealth marking the seven decades of her reign
Delia Smith says six publishers rejected her book on spirituality
TV chef hopes to help readers get in touch with their inner lives in book with insights from Pharrell Williams
The Guardian view on TS Eliot’s modernism: between high and low culture
Editorial: What the poet found in the most popular music hall artiste of his time shines a light on a misunderstood genius and the time he lived in
Beatle v mobster: the day John Lennon put paid to a shady record label boss
Lawyer’s book reveals the inside story of the musician’s 1976 court battle with Morris Levy, a mafia-affiliated music mogul
Henry Patterson, author of The Eagle Has Landed, dies aged 92
The bestselling novelist wrote 85 books, mostly thrillers and spy stories, using the pseudonym Jack Higgins
Elmer and Mr Benn author David McKee dies at 87
Author and illustrator of the children’s books including Elmer, Mr Benn and Not Now, Bernard has died following a short illness
International Booker prize shortlist delivers ‘awe and exhilaration’
The final contenders for the £50,000 prize for translated fiction – five out of six by women – could see Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk win a second time
Stolen Darwin journals returned to Cambridge University library
Seminal works left in pink gift bag with ‘happy Easter’ note for librarian after going missing in 2001
Country diary: A secret hideaway, and a mystery solved
Marshwood Vale, Dorset: Starting in the hamlet of Lower Denhay, a friend and I retrace the steps of a fictional hero who’s on the run
Walks and rhubarb: how Catherine the Great looked to England for top parenting tips
Book reveals how empress imported English royal customs and scientists to modernise ‘feudal’ Russia
‘Out of touch’: children’s authors describe increasing censorship of books on diversity
Fear of backlash means stories about race, sexuality and neurodiversity increasingly deemed inappropriate for young readers