The transfiguration of Philip K Dick
Roz Kaveney: A Bible annotated by the prolific science fiction writer is unlikely to reveal more than the books articulating his spiritual vision
Rogues and knaves: insulting clergy is a historic pastime
Andrew Brown: A book about ordinary people's belief in the 16th and 17th centuries shows modern rejection of Christianity is nothing new
The political Bible, part 3: how Britain came to accept democracy
Nick Spencer: How to believe: The wide dissemination of the scriptures by Reformation Protestants led to the development of more political ideas
The capacity for evil can spread like an epidemic
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl: The Big Ideas: The thoughtlessness of the controversy over Arendt's book on Eichmann only reinforces her point about 'the banality of evil'
The Taliban’s attack on the British Council only hurts Afghanistan
Kamila Shamsie: Bombing the British Council is not a brave reminder of freedom from colonial influence, but a sad attack on education
Steve McQueen to direct 12 Years a Slave
British film-maker casts Chiwetel Ejiofor in true story of mixed-race man abducted and forced into bondage in Louisiana
Hilary Evans obituary
Paranormal researcher and co-founder of the Mary Evans Picture Library
Charlotte Roche revisits mix of sex and controversy in new novel, Schossgebete
The Wetlands author's latest book, which explores sex within marriage, has been criticised by feminists and her family
The political Bible, part 1: A foundation for British attitudes
Nick Spencer: The Bible has a discomfiting tendency to cut across our natural political categories in a profoundly complex manner
Summer readings: Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier
Harry Cockburn: Thanks to a cycling holiday, my memories of rural France and of Alain-Fournier's first and only novel are gloriously entwined
Albert Camus might have been killed by the KGB for criticising the Soviet Union, claims newspaper
Car crash in which French literary giant was killed in 1960 was no accident, claims new theory
When a writer’s words have unintended consequences
Roz Kaveney: That Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto quotes Melanie Phillips should give all writers pause for thought
Summer readings: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Saptarshi Ray: The parallels between Orwell's masterpiece and my ancestral home of Kolkata were myriad for me one hot summer holiday
Summer readings: The Writing on the Wall by Miklós Bánffy
Julian Glover: A trilogy of significant and addictive works describing the decline of Hungary in the years before the first world war
Fancy discussing Nietzsche with Joey Barton?
Joey Barton's Twitter feed unveils the Newcastle United midfielder's philosophical streak