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?
Censoring Mark Twain’s ‘n-words’ is unacceptable
A new edition of Huckleberry Finn expunges its repeated use of 'nigger' for understandable reasons, but betrays a great anti-racist novel in the process
Nigeria: The happiest place on earth
Nigeria is beset by poverty, corruption and violence – but a poll says it is the world's most optimistic nation. Bim Adewunmi explains why
Tennyson’s In Memoriam: a farewell to religious certainty
AN Wilson: The lyrics teach that the false certainties of evangelical Christianity are as arid as shrill, negative materialism
Hanna Behrend obituary
Other lives: Leading academic in the former German Democratic Republic who spent most of the second world war exiled in Britain
Political essay by 93-year-old tops Christmas bestseller list in France
Resistance hero Stéphane Hessel stuns publishing world with 30-page work that calls on readers to be outraged about society
Julian Assange to use £1m book deals for legal fight
WikiLeaks founder says he had to sell rights to autobiography to cover legal costs and keep website afloat
20 things we learned in 2010
Observer writers and experts chart the concepts, trends and buzz words that defined the past 12 months and are likely to shape the next one
Recognising caste discrimination will improve life for Britain’s Dalits
Nina Martyris: Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns helps to reframe the debate about the relationship between race and caste
The Book of Genesis, part 2: In the beginning
Jane Williams: The history of how Genesis was created and passed down through the ages reminds us that we have the book for a reason