The Book of Common Prayer, part 5: The importance of evensong

Alan Wilson: Evensong provides a peg on which to hang deeply personal reflections, most of them nothing to do with Christian doctrine

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy accessed secret files to find affair rumours culprit, claims book

Allegations come as President Nicolas Sarkozy faces embarrassing investigation into counter-espionage services

Official biography Carla and the Ambitious claims Bruni-Sarkozy obtained police report identifying source of infidelity rumours

Reports say three cinemagoers fainted and one had a seizure at Toronto festival debut of the Trainspotting director's gory new film

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters is described as a tribute to American pioneers

Anindita Sengupta: Disparaging remarks by a prominent academic about Hindi female writers highlight the barriers faced by women

Victor Keegan: Google, Foursquare et al make online maps our egocentric own. It's all a long way from the cartographical gems of old

Jagannath Lamichhane: A growing literary hunger in Nepal means innovative marketing of books can turn a profit and help promote reading culture

Blacks don't read, according to a prominent African journalist. So how can such an event survive?

Luke Evans: To call Batman a bad role model for boys because he is 'socially unjust' is to miss the complexity of such superheroes

Jonathan Freedland: Until we find the political will, the establishment will be happy to ignore the dirty crimes behind today's dazzling fortunes

Kidnapped Austrian schoolgirl Natascha Kampusch's autobiography reveals details of her 3,096 days in captivity

Protesters chanted 'Butcher Blair', but others noted his achievements for peace in Northern Ireland

Former prime minister attacked by anti-war protesters in Dublin as he promotes memoirs