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Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria villa faces demolition

Villa Ambron, inspiration for The Alexandria Quartet, may be bulldozed to make way for high-rise apartment block

France leads the way on audiobooks for blind and visually impaired people

New technology and download services allow for fast and easy access

Susan George on the secret capitalist cabal behind European austerity

The How to Win the Class War satirist tells Claire Provost about the 'shadowy plot' to claw back working-class gains

Feminism is on a high – but it needs a strong intellectual voice

Joanna Biggs: This year, female activists have been full of energy – but unfocused. In 2014, they need to unite to effect change

The Beast by Oscar Martínez; Midnight in Mexico by Alfredo Corchado – reviews

Ed Vulliamy: Raw testimony and vivid memoir bring the drug cartels and Mexico's tragedy into sharp focus

Bending Adversity by David Pilling – review

An authoritative explanation of Japan's history, culture and curious charms entertains John Kampfner

Britain’s black power movement is at risk of being forgotten, say historians

New biography of Darcus Howe claims struggle is ignored because it does not fit idea of Britain as 'utopia of fair play'

Davos clinic may take its last breath as haven for allergy sufferers

Sanatorium in Swiss resort visited by Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson faces closure

Susan Sontag: The Complete Rolling Stone Interview by Jonathan Cott – review

Moral seriousness and gossipy skittishness from the American intellectual. By Jonathan Derbyshire

Vikram Seth: India’s gay sex ban is against our tradition of tolerance

'Incensed' author says Indian supreme court reinstatement of law curtailing LGBT rights is an attack on millions of people

The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence 1918-1923 by Charles Townshend – review

Townshend's magnificent, unflinching history of the fight for Irish independence holds out the prospect for truth and reconciliation. By Colin Kidd

I wrote the Anarchist Cookbook in 1969. Now I see its premise as flawed

William Powell: When I penned the book, I was angry and alienated. Today I realize that violence can't be used to prevent violence

Why the author of The Anarchist Cookbook wants it taken off the shelves

Emine Saner: It's been linked to numerous terrorist incidents and to last week's high school killing in Colorado. William Powell, who wrote it as a teenager in 1971, says it's indefensible to keep it in print

Shia LaBeouf apologises for short film that copied Daniel Clowes story

Actor says he 'got lost in the creative process' after Clowes complained about his uncredited adaptation of the comic book author's story Justin M Damiano

Sandman movie wakes up with Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's cult comic book series gets a shot in the arm as Batman star signs on as producer

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