James Lovelock: ‘Instead of robots taking over the world, what if we join with them?’
Stephen Moss: The maverick scientist on the advantages of nuclear power, Fukushima meltdown 'lies' – and how humans could become robo-people
Yiyun Li: ‘This is my generation. It’s what we experienced’
The author of Kinder Than Solitude talks to Liz Hoggard about Tiananmen Square and the psychological violence people inflict
How Reader’s Digest became a Chinese stooge
Nick Cohen: Reader's Digest is alleged to have censored stories in its publication to maintain a cheap publishing deal in China
Leading authors axed from Prospect magazine’s list of top 50 thinkers
John Dugdale: Philosophers advance on a list which finds space for more women, while intellectuals from Richard Dawkins to Francis Fukuyama to Steven Pinker lose out
Hopes for greater books coverage dwindle as BBC axes The Review Show
Despite director general Tony Hall's announcement of the biggest arts push for a generation, the BBC shows no sign of producing topical book shows or books documentary series, writes John Dugdale
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal – review
With the panache of a born storyteller, Ben Macintyre explores what drove Kim Philby, the charming master of duplicity. By John Banville
Artists come together to commemorate centenary of outbreak of first world war
Stephen Fry joins letter-writing project, with his missive to soldier read aloud to crowd at launch of programme of cultural events
Lorna Arnold obituary
Nuclear historian respected by those who supported and opposed the H-bomb
Did artists foresee the first world war?
In the years before the Great War, artists from Stravinsky to Picasso started rebelling against the old order. Perhaps they already sensed that a catastrophic change was on its way, writes Margaret MacMillan
Pope Francis makes Prospect magazine’s list of top 50 world thinkers
Pontiff is only religious leader in catalogue of public intellectuals, which jettisons last year's winner – Richard Dawkins
Martin Amis and what it means to be English
The author may spend most of his time outside the country but he seems to understand that, for many, national identity is still linked to race
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire review: New York’s 70s musical revolution remembered
Will Hermes's fast-paced history charts the rise of punk, hip-hop and the other musical movements that sprang up in New York in five feverish years, writes Neil Spencer
Capital review – Rana Dasgupta’s perceptive exploration of modern Delhi
Rana Dasgupta's powerful study suggests the savage realities of modern-day Delhi will not be changing any time soon, writes Jason Burke
Germany asks: is it OK to laugh at Hitler?
The Führer starred in a 2012 comic novel by Timur Vermes. Its success suggests Germans now see Hitler in the same way as the rest of the world does, writes Philip Oltermann