Germany in lists: Bestselling books, chart toppers and favourite TV programmes
The entertainment that's big in Germany this year
No fair play for writers of Fair Game film about CIA officer Valerie Plame
Butterworth brothers tell of cloak and dagger research, secret trips to Washington and Hollywood reluctance to back project
Pope’s call for vigilance could put spotlight on sex abuse scandal
Latest book says drowsiness of Jesus's disciples lets in 'Evil One' and 'points ahead to the later history of Christianity'
Publisher dusts off missing chapter in Hans Fallada’s Alone in Berlin
Bestseller set in Nazi Germany and published in communist era is to have controversial chapter reinstated
Xinran
China's first agony aunt broadcaster, and author of the Good Women of China
British Museum buys Assyrian treasures cleaned by Agatha Christie
The crime writer used face cream to restore the ivories discovered in the city of Nimrud by her archaeologist husband
Spinoza, part 5: On human nature
Clare Carlisle: We are not autonomous individuals but part of a greater whole, says Spinoza, and there is no such thing as human free will
Fair Game: Free agents
Valerie Plame's CIA cover was blown after her ex-ambassador husband criticised the Iraq invasion. Joe Wilson talks to Stephen Moss about how the film Fair Game depicts their fight with the Bush administration
The 33: The Ultimate Account of the Chilean Miners’ Dramatic Rescue by Jonathan Franklin – review
Janine di Giovanni is gripped by this account of the 69-day drama of the trapped Chilean miners
EU raids ebook publishers in price fixing investigation
Brussels suspects a cartel where publishers see a defence against distributors with the clout to drive down prices below cost
In praise of … A Freewheelin’ Time
Editorial: Suze Rotolo's account of what it was like to be around Dylan is candid and credible
Susan Crosland obituary
Journalist and wife of Labour minister Tony Crosland, she acted as his charming foil
Spinoza, part 4: All there is, is God
Clare Carlisle: Being infinite and eternal, God has no boundaries, argues Spinoza, and everything in the world must exist within this God
History should come down hard on Tony Blair for embracing Gaddafi
Alexander Chancellor: Tony Blair knew what a murderous 'mad dog' Gaddafi was. The only convincing reason for the rapprochement was the promotion of British interests in Libya