Pablo Neruda: Chile’s beloved poet endures, as do questions over his death
Mike Gonzalez: Neruda's art was part of the struggle for social justice. His body is being exhumed over claims Pinochet's regime murdered him
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s body to be exhumed over murder claims
Chilean poet was long thought to have succumbed to cancer but driver claims he was murdered by Pinochet regime
The Frankfurt school, part 3: Dialectic of Enlightenment
Peter Thompson: How to believe: Adorno and Horkheimer wrote this key text during their wartime exile, arriving at a pessimistic view of our place in a false system
The General: The Ordinary Man Who Challenged Guantánamo by Ahmed Errachidi – review
One man's account of his imprisonment in Guantánamo Bay reveals great courage. It needed to be told, writes Tim Adams
Dying for the Truth: Undercover Inside the Mexican Drug War – excerpt
In this extract, the anonymous duo behind the Blog del Narco tell why they risk their lives to document Mexico's war on drugsReported in partnership with the Texas observer
‘They stole our dreams’: blogger reveals cost of reporting Mexico’s drug wars
Exclusive: Author of celebrated Blog del Narco speaks for first time about the dangers – and reveals she is a woman
Jean Floud obituary
Leading educational sociologist and academic who became the principal of Newnham College, Cambridge
How Beyond a Boundary broke down the barriers of race, class and empire
Selma James: Fifty years ago my husband's book on cricket inspired our anti-discrimination struggles – and continues to do so to this day
Amina Cachalia turned down Nelson Mandela’s offer of marriage, son claims
Activist politely rebuffed Mandela's proposal in 1990s out of loyalty to her late husband, says Ghaleb Cachalia
Why Riddley Walker rivals the Passion as the perfect Easter story
Sarah Ditum: Russell Hoban's 1980 dystopian classic is melodramatic and unique, and suggests there is more to human beings than being human
The Ice Balloon by Alec Wilkinson – review
Alec Wilkinson's retracing of a doomed 1897 balloon expedition to the north pole is a lively read, writes Robin McKie
Who says that men make the best spooks?
Robert McCrum: The appointment of the first female head of America's National Clandestine Service proves that spying isn't particular to one sex
Ahmed Errachidi: ‘We shared one thing in Guantánamo Bay – pain’
Chef turned author Ahmed Errachidi tells William Skidelsky about the five years he spent in Guantánamo Bay – and why his nickname is the General
The Democracy Project: a History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber – review
David Graeber, a leading light in the Occupy movement, is adept at explaining the problems, but not the solutions, writes John Kampfner
The Servant: a 60s masterwork that hides its homosexuality in the shadows
Peter Bradshaw: Joseph Losey's superb 1963 film about class and sex is once again in cinemas – but to locate its elusive gay gene, you have to revisit its source in Robin Maugham's extraordinary and disturbing novella