Wilfred Owen’s Shrewsbury home granted Grade II listing

Unchanged redbrick house, where parents of famous first world war poet learned of his death in 1918, listed by English Heritage

William Fishman obituary

Historian of London’s East End, he recorded Jewish immigrants’ struggle out of poverty

The primary school letter written in Lancashire that went around the world

An inspiring message from a headteacher to year 6 pupils was meant to be read by a just few dozen parents but touched the hearts of thousands. Then, inevitably, came the backlash

Selma’s David Oyelowo set to join Lupita Nyong’o in journey to Americanah

British actor could follow Oscar-tipped turned as Martin Luther King with film of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel about struggles of Nigerian emigrants

Turkish novelists Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak accused of being Western stooges by pro-government press

Reports in pro-government papers say high-profile novelists are part of ‘international literature lobby’ recruited by western powers to attack Turkey’s government

Senate report into CIA torture to be published as ebook and paperback

Chronicle of abuse against detainees will be available to buy from next month and is described as ‘the most important government document of our generation’

Russia scraps plan for Eye of Sauron art installation

Eye of Sauron will not now gaze over Moscow after opposition from the Russian Orthodox Church thwarted project

Actor Janet Suzman criticised for calling theatre ‘a white invention’

Theatre is a white invention. It’s in their DNA, Suzman says after Meera Syal appeals for theatres to look more to Asian audiences

Saddam’s chocolate and Gaddafi’s camel milk: tyrants’ meals revealed

Leo Benedictus: From Stalin’s all-night Georgian banquets to Hitler’s obsessive vegetarianism, a new book spills the beans on their dinner tables

24-hour arty people: why all-night reading beats raving in Taipei

Cindy Sui: Letting people read without having to buy has turned the Eslite bookstore in Taiwan’s capital into an unlikely tourist attraction and a nighttime favourite for locals

What’s up, Tiger Lily? Peter Pan and the Native American stereotype that has certainly grown old

NBC featured an actress of Cherokee descent, but some say Rooney Mara’s forthcoming film turn will merely be ‘redface’. Is there any way to redeem JM Barrie’s most dated character?

War poet Isaac Rosenberg recognised in archive footage from the trenches

Dalya Alberge: Formal identification of stretcher bearer would be first time a serving war poet is captured on film, say experts

‘I can’t breathe’: young Twitter poet gives new voice to Eric Garner

Jason Fotso was moved to write the poem, Last Words, by rearranging the exact same letters in the entirety of Garner’s words

A new take on In Cold Blood? Judge allows agent’s ‘jaw-dropping’ files to be published

Judge rules that Ronald Nye can write book on Clutter murders using files that show ‘vast discrepancies’ with bestselling account written by Truman Capote

Obama and family go buy the books to support Small Business Saturday

Shopping trip with Sasha and Malia a nod to the importance of supporting small businesses