Sharing is a bold way to preserve Kafka’s legacy

Nicholas Murray: The Bodleian Library and German Literary Archive's joint purchase of 100 letters will shed new light on Kafka's favourite sister, Ottla

How Joseph Barsabbas’s letter might have read

Barsabbas is mooted in Acts as a replacement for Judas. Michael McGhee imagines his words to the 'first martyr' Stephen

Malcolm X: the man behind the myth

Fledgling pimp, militant radical, Islamic convert . . . black activist Malcolm X was no stranger to controversy. Now a new biography explodes the myths that obscure the man

New light on Christianity’s Jewish roots

Alan Wilson: It would be wonderful to know more about the life of Palestinian Christians in the period in which they were simply Jews

World economy facing numerous ‘black swans’, IMF chief warns

Dominique Strauss-Kahn told students in Washington on Monday night that 'great uncertainty still prevails' in the global economy

Nimai Chatterji obituary

Passionate collector of material from postwar avant-garde art and literary movements

Israeli authors join campaign to keep Arab bookseller in the country

For years Munther Fahmi has been living in the city of his birth on a series of tourist visas after his permanent residency lapsed. Now the authorities have warned they may not issue any more

Atheism’s aesthetic of enchantment

Andrew Copson: Face to Faith: Two centuries on, it is timely to recall Shelley's argument for the non-existence of God, says Andrew Copson

Why Clarkson and co are puerile and proud of it

John Harris: The rise of child-men like David Cameron and Jeremy Clarkson suggests an alarming shift in modern masculinity

Microsoft co-founder lays bare his battles with Bill Gates

Paul Allen uses memoir to portray Bill Gates as a bully who sought to deprive him of his share in Microsoft fortune

World literature tour: Spain

On the third week of the Guardian's journey through New Europe, we take the world literature tour to Spain. Which are your favourite reads from Spanish literature?