Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, of Dragon Tattoo and John Wick, dies at 56

The actor, who appeared as Mikael Blomkvist in the Swedish adaptations of the Stieg Larsson novels, has died of lung cancer

‘Your Lifelong Prisoner’ – Liu Xiaobo’s poem from prison

A book of poems published in 2012 by Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese dissident released from prison on Monday, contained a moving tribute to his wife, the poet Liu Xia

A Bold and Dangerous Family review – unlikely heroes in the war on fascism

Caroline Moorehead’s gripping account of two Jewish brothers’ fight against Mussolini shines a light on an overlooked chapter of Italian history

Understanding Trump: what can we learn from Newt Gingrich’s new book?

The latest offering from the former House speaker parses the rise of the president, but ultimately says more about author than subject

I want to stroll Tehran’s streets at night, like men can: writer Fereshteh Ahmadi

Under Hassan Rouhani’s less repressive regime, female authors are starting to see their books in print, and daring to dream of greater independence

The Exile: The Flight of Osama bin Laden review – an insider’s account of al-Qaida after 9/11

Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy’s gripping history of the terrorist network, from 2001 to the present, reveals a dark web of familial and political machinations

Anthony Burgess essay on pornography to be published

The author’s lecture to a large audience of Catholic clergy in Malta is to be reprinted, along with a ‘punchy counterpoint’ response by Germaine Greer

Brexit Shorts: Permanent Sunshine by AL Kennedy and starring Scott Reid – video

“You made me a refugee where I was born …” In Glasgow, Chummy explains how England has turned Scots into survivors

Denys Johnson-Davies obituary

Pioneering translator of Naguib Mahfouz and other Arabic writers

Strange tale of the anti-Nazi bestseller, the Stasi spies and the missing Gestapo files

As the film of Alone in Berlin opens, German historians say facts were kept out of Hans Fallada’s original novel

In science fiction, the future is feminist

Move over, square-jawed straight white heroes. From The Power to The Handmaid’s Tale, fantasy stories about women remaking the world are finally going mainstream

Naomi Klein: ‘Trump is an idiot, but don’t underestimate how good he is at that’

The US has a president who embodies many of the things Naomi Klein has been warning about for years. She says her new book had to be written before things got worse

A Bold and Dangerous Family by Caroline Moorehead review – anti-fascist heroes

Carlo and Nello Rosselli were influential opponents of Mussolini. This excellent book uses letters and police files to tell their story

Unseen Edith Wharton play found hidden in Texas archive

Two scholars unearth 1901 work called The Shadow of a Doubt, written before author found fame with The Age of Innocence

British Library explores changing attitudes to gay love in exhibition

Show includes original marks 50th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality