Hans Werner Henze obituary

Composer devoted to the exploration of political ideas in the opera house and concert hall

Parenting on the frontline: when the war correspondent became a mother

Flak jacket, helmet, bottles and nappies – foreign correspondent Frances Harrison on bringing up a baby in a war zone

Spanish novelist Javier Marías turns down €20,000 government prize

Author of The Infatuations says he does not want public money, but stance is criticised by previous winner

Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka’s Hidden War by Frances Harrison – review

Survivors of the bloody last months of Sri Lanka's civil war tell a story of injustice and horror that we cannot continue to ignore, writes Steve Crawshaw

Pentti Sammallahti: a lyrical world in black and white images

Sean O'Hagan: The restless Finnish photographer is a craftsman who finds the same odd, melancholic poetry in locations across the globe

Amazon to be stripped of tax advantage on sale of ebooks

European commission tells Luxembourg to end VAT loophole, a decision that could close the gap with British ebook prices

Uggie dines out in Paris to celebrate release of memoirs

Canine star of Oscar-winning film The Artist does publicity round for book, including lunch at famous Brasserie Lipp

Werner Herzog to bring Vernon God Little to the big screen

Adaptation of DBC Pierre's award-winning novel marks a return to fiction, and to Texas, for the German director

Goldman Sachs ‘muppet’ trader says unsophisticated clients targeted

Greg Smith says investment bank routinely took advantage of charities and pension funds to increase profits

Thomas Quick: the Swedish serial killer who never was

In the 1990s, he confessed to more than 30 murders. Then, he changed his name and revealed his confessions were faked. Elizabeth Day met him

David Bailey’s India: the long click goodbye

David Bailey's new collection of photographs are an affectionate tribute to an India that may not be around for much longer. But don't call him nostalgic, he tells Amelia Gentleman

If massacres like Cromwell’s avert suffering, perhaps they can be justified

Andrew Brown: David Hume's justification of Wexford and Drogheda call to mind the reasons for the end of the second world war

Atonement and Anna Karenina film director Joe Wright takes to the stage

Wright's life of Congolese rebel leader Patrice Lumumba is among highlights of Young Vic's 2013 season in London

Fifty Shades of Grey struggles to excite in France, the home of Sade

French critics dub EL James's erotic phenomenon boring, cliched and without literary merit, despite huge print run