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?
The Living Room – review
Graham Greene's 1953 play still has plenty to say about Catholicism, sex and guilt, writes Michael Billington
Cardinal reading
John Dugdale: Liturgical texts are all very well, but the 115 cardinals currently choosing the pope must be allowed some lighter fare
HarperCollins sued by former death row prisoner over ditched book
Nick Yarris, who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for murder, sues publisher over abandoned life story. By Josh Halliday
Ashes of Charlotte Gray heroine scattered in France
Village honours Nancy Wake, Australian woman who worked with French resistance to attack Nazis
Letters and secret files reveal the tormented life of Lina Prokofiev
New book on Soviet composer's family will show how his wife was abandoned, tortured by Stalin's police and sent to the gulag
Alice Walker: ‘I feel dedicated to the whole of humanity’
The author talks to Alex Clark about feminism, activism, The Color Purple and still being estranged from her only daughter
Abdel Hakim Belhaj, Auntie Maude and the art of saying sorry
Mark Vernon: An apology that is transformative and healing is a rare thing – whether about torture in Libya or spilling juice on a tablecloth
Indian writer wins record $1m advance for epic trilogy
Amish Tripathi, whose advance is thought to be largest paid by Indian publisher, taps into resurgence of interest in Hindu myths
The Lion Sleeps Tonight and Other Stories of Africa by Rian Malan – review
Rian Malan's tales of post-apartheid South Africa create a grimly realistic picture of a nation clinging desperately to hope, writes Tim Adams