Patrick Cockburn: ‘An effective terrorist attack requires the complicity of governments’
The books interview: The prizewinning reporter talks about his famous father, writing with his son and his new book about Islamic state. By David Shariatmadari
Sonia Gandhi book finally released after decline of India’s Congress party
Javier Moro’s The Red Sari was denounced five years ago as defamatory, but with BJP now in power it tops bestseller lists
Wolf Hall sticks to England after director rejects plan to film in Belgium
Period drama, set to be one of BBC’s key shows this year, praised by novel’s author Hilary Mantel for its authenticity
Terence Ranger obituary
A champion of African nationalism, and one of the continent’s most radical and influential historians
If This Is a Woman: Inside Ravensbrück, Hitler’s Concentration Camp for Women review – profoundly moving
Sarah Helm’s exhaustive chronicle reveals the full horror of the Ravensbrück Nazi camp, ‘the capital of the crime against women’, writes Yvonne Roberts
Where to buy a copy of Charlie Hebdo
If you want a physical copy of the magazine this week, here’s how you might – repeat, might – get your hands on one
Churchill’s Bomb review – how Britain attempted to be first into the nuclear age
Graham Farmelo’s follow-up to The Strangest Man is a fascinating study packed with big characters, writes Alexander Larman
Gallipoli review – the tragic tale of Anzac heroism deserves better
Peter FitzSimons adds little to the well known story of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, writes Ben Shephard
Scarlett Johansson plugs into lead role in Ghost in the Shell remake
Actor reportedly offered $10m to star in US remake of classic Japanese anime, after solidifying her action-star credentials in Lucy and The Avengers
The best books on Algeria: start your reading here
Pushpinder Khaneka’s literary tour of Algeria explores French colonialism, the war of independence and the opaque politics of the post-independence era
The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope review – ‘exhaustive and detailed’
Pope Francis is a man whose international influence can only grow, as this useful biography affirms, writes Hugh O’Shaughnessy
Palestinian Christians find no cry for freedom in the Exodus story
Giles Fraser: Loose canon: How can a Palestinian Christian admire liberation theology in a world of Guns ’n’ Moses T-shirts?
France’s rock star economist Thomas Piketty turns down Legion of Honour
Bestselling author spurns country’s highest distinction on grounds that government should not decide who is honourable
Guardian US critics: our cultural new year’s resolutions
Never mind getting fit or giving up smoking, will this be the year you finally read In Search of Lost Time? Our critics share the arts-related things they’re determined to do in 2015
Security fears and money worries take toll on Afghan literary scene
Poets’ weekly gatherings suffer slump in fortunes as budgets tighten after the withdrawal of western troops