Testament of Youth: Vera Brittain’s classic, 80 years on

Elizabeth Day explores why this book about the futility of death remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time

Nigeria in mourning for Chinua Achebe

From the bookseller on the street to the literary glitterati – grief at the death of a man who so encapsulated the African experience

Chinua Achebe’s death: we have lost a brother

Wole Soyinka and JP Clark: Chinua was a man of resilient will. His works are testimony to the domination of the human spirit over the forces of repression

Noam Chomsky: ‘No individual changes anything alone’

Noam Chomsky is one of the world's most controversial thinkers. Now 84, he reflects on his life's work, on current events in Syria and Israel, and on the love of his life – his wife

Sugar, not fat, exposed as deadly villain in obesity epidemic

It's addictive and toxic, like a drug, and we need to wean ourselves off it, says US doctor

Jane Goodall admits to using web material without citation in new book

Seeds of Hope, written by renowned primatologist, uses passages from various websites without attribution

Ben Affleck may continue patriotic streak with movie of Bunker Hill

Warner Bros wants Affleck to direct movie of Nathaniel Philbrick's novel about battle that started the American revolution, writes Ben Child

Nothing to Lose, the bestselling book you’ve never heard of

A book by controversial Brazilian preacher Edir Macedo has sold a million copies. Who's buying it and why?

Lucretius, part 9: the calculating poet

Emma Woolerton: How to believe: Why did Lucretius choose to write in poetry? The answer lies in his evangelism for both Epicureanism and his own legacy

Is Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg really the new face of feminism?

She has caused a furore on both sides of the Atlantic, but has her message any real relevance to the lives of most working women, asks Yvonne Roberts

How Fifty Shades of Feminism dragged the F-word out of the shade

Lisa Appignanesi explains how a dinner with friends and the EL James phenomenon spurred her fight to redefine feminism

Jurassic Park IV snaffles Colin Trevorrow to direct

Director of 2012 Sundance hit Safety Not Guaranteed will steer fourth instalment of Steven Spielberg's dinosaur saga

Has Virago changed the publishing world’s attitudes towards women?

It's 40 years since Virago Books was set up to celebrate the work of female writers. So how successful has it been in opening up the way for more women authors?