Sex selection and the rise of Generation XY
A new book explores western involvement in what has become a scourge of the developing world: sex selection of babies
Pass notes, No 2,994: Che Guevara
The Argentinian revolutionary is publishing a set of diaries, 44 years after his death
New Che Guevara diary published
Diary of a Combatant covers revolutionary's arrival in Cuba in 1956 with Fidel and Raúl Castro through to late 1958
Batgirl back on her feet after 23 years in DC comics reboot
Fans lament end of paraplegic storyline as DC Comics announces all 52 of its series are to revert to issue number one
David Norris still sees his destiny as Ireland’s first gay president
Senator David Norris still confident of nomination despite conservative uproar over 'paedophilia' interview
David Mamet launches tirade against ‘antisemitism’ of British writers
American playwright says books, plays and essays by contemporary authors are full of anti-Jewish 'filth'
The true spiritual leader of Iran is Rumi
Melody Moezzi: Many Iranians are turning away from the regime's brand of Islam, but they trust the moral authority of the Sufi poet
Yes, teen fiction can be dark – but it shows teenagers they aren’t alone
Maureen Johnson: Young-adult fiction shows that bad things happen, and that you can survive. How is that objectionable?
These atheist book reviews are just trolling in print
Graeme Richardson: Christians need not respond to Galen Strawson's claim that we are moral babies – ad hominem arguments are rarely persuasive
Ai Weiwei’s Blog by Ai Weiwei – review
A collection of Ai Weiwei's blog entries proves he's much more than a playful dilettante of Chinese art, writes Jonathan Fenby
The Day of the Jackal – the hit we nearly missed
Charles Cumming: Forty years on, few books have changed the literary landscape like Frederick Forsyth's political thriller
The necessity of hope
Stan van Hooft: It can carry a dangerous element of supplication, but hope gives us the impetus to seek the betterment of our lives and others
F is for Franco but not for fascist, apparently
Miguel-Anxo Murado: The new Spanish Dictionary of Biography's historical revisions tell us more about what's wrong with Spain now than in the past
The birthers aren’t going away
Strange to say, the hunt for Barack Obama's birth certificate continues and now a book on the conspiracy theory has become a best-seller
Spaniards outraged over favourable Franco biography
Admirer of the Spanish dictator was commissioned to write entry in dictionary of national biography