Army chaplain who took the Unknown Warrior’s secret to his grave
After the first world war, Rev George Kendall had the job of finding and exhuming a fallen soldier to lie in Westminster Abbey
Egyptian student arrested carrying copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four
Police accuse Cairo student of filming security forces without permission and say they are unaware of book’s significance
Royal Society books shortlist: Seven Elements That Have Changed the World by John Browne – review
Ian Sample: Carnegie and Rockefeller feature in this engaging history of how the use of natural resources has underpinned greed and dramatic industrial development
Jack O’Connell to tilt at lead role in Terry Gilliam’s revived Don Quixote film
The former Skins star is the latest lead in a film beset by problems and delayed for 17 years
Lena Dunham apologises after critics accuse her of sexually molesting sister
Girls creator says she is ‘dismayed’ by interpretation of childhood behaviour, described in her memoir, as abuse
Top 10 books about the 1970s
Jimmy Carter’s energy policy, stadium rock, the death of Mao, fall of the Shah, The Sweeney and Roy of the Rovers feature as hot topics among Ian Plenderleith’s recommended reads
Moscow metro opens virtual library of Russian classical literature
Novels by Pushkin, Chekhov and Tolstoy available for free download by commuters
The Underground Girls of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised As Boys by Jenny Nordberg – review
A five-year study into the practice of ‘bacha posh’ sheds new light on oppression in Afghanistan, writes Anita Sethi
Young Lawrence: A Portrait of the Legend as a Young Man review – compelling, pioneering biography
The Middle East is a source of authentic beauty in Anthony Sattin’s romantic account of TE Lawrence’s early years, writes Lara Feigel
How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere review – a brilliant essay
Nick Fraser enjoys Peter Conrad’s survey of the unstoppable cultural influence of the US
Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923 review – a rich evocation
As the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising nears, this richly detailed account of its lesser-known players, many of them women, is timely, says Sean O’Hagan
June Steenkamp interview: ‘Now it’s crystal clear Reeva is never coming back’
June Steenkamp sat silent for the duration of Oscar Pistorius’s trial, but now she’s speaking out. She forgives her daughter’s killer, she tells David Smith – even though she thinks he hasn’t told the truth about how Reeva died
A Fatalist at War: the first world war diaries of Rudolf Binding
Few German war diaries were translated, but this soldier’s account of the slaughter was widely read after the war in Britain
Spain’s oldest dictionary under fire for equating ‘gypsy’ with ‘cheat’
Roma group calls on Royal Spanish Academy to remove latest definition of the word, saying ‘language has consequences’
Back in the hot zone: what to read about Ebola
Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone, which has returned to the bestseller list, now seems sensationalist and out of date. But a short science book provides the facts and reassurance we need