Ernest Cole: Photographer – review
Ernest Cole captured some of the defining images of apartheid in his native South Africa. This book is a fitting testament to a pioneer photographer, writes Sean O'Hagan
Sacha Baron Cohen to star in film of Saddam Hussein novel
Borat and Brüno star takes on film of Zabibah and the King, a romantic novel reputedly written by Iraqi dictator
Can you judge a book by its cover?
Alison Flood: For every Wolf Hall or Life of Pi there's a shelf full of books given generic artwork that's simply shorthand for shoppers
O, A Presidential Novel sparks search for anonymous author
Speculation rife that mystery writer behind fictional book depicting Barack Obama may be a political insider
In praise of … a well-placed signature
Editorial: Collecting declaration autographs is a form of millionaire bingo, and obscure names win the highest price
The Book of Genesis, part 6: Patriarchs and others
Jane Williams: What is to be made, theologically, of the unabashedly male-dominated, hierarchical world of Genesis?
Eric Hobsbawm: a conversation about Marx, student riots, the new Left, and the Milibands
As he publishes his latest book, 93-year-old historian Eric Hobsbawm talks communism and coalition with one of Britain's newer breed, Tristram Hunt, now a Labour MP
Alone under a dictatorship
Letters: The point made in Alone in Berlin is the importance of every act of resistance to tyranny, whether by groups or individuals
The new vocal, visible religiosity
Richard Phelps: Olivier Roy's book presents globalisation and secularisation as contributing to the divorce of religion from culture
Bond 23 confirmed: Daniel Craig back as 007 in new film
James Bond returns to mark 50th anniversary of Dr No after surviving his toughest test ever: the bankruptcy of MGM Studios
The cry of my conscience about my family’s Nazi collaboration
Alexandre Jardin: By revealing my family's past involvement in Nazi atrocities, I join a fierce battle of the generations
Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis sign up for The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings stars to return as Gandalf and Gollum in Peter Jackson's two-part Tolkien prequel, The Hobbit
Great Gatsby’s ‘3D makeover’ angers fans
News of Baz Luhrmann's mooted 3D remake of F Scott Fitzgerald novel meets with disapproval
Unique book showcases the tools that built the west
Remarkable collection of nearly 2,000 woodworking tools from prehistoric to modern, put together by British builder, tells stories of the making of our world
Pass notes, No 2,905: President O
O: A Presidential Novel is a fictionalised account about how Obama can get himself re-elected. But who is the anonymous author?