Mumbai: The city I love
The terror attacks have highlighted the other side of Mumbai - a society riven by poverty and despair, writes novelist Amit Chaudhuri
The new Cicero
Charlotte Higgins says one of the most interesting aspects of Barack Obama's speeches is the enormous debt they owe to the oratory of the Romans
Dante to dialects: EU’s online renaissance
Site recording centuries of culture crashes with 10m hits an hour on launch day
Joe the Plumber becomes Joe the Writer after signing book deal
American values set to be the subject of book by man who challenged Barack Obama's tax proposals
Bush: the memoir no one wants to read
Meg Kane: Political memoirs can be a lucrative business – as long as you're not the most unpopular US president in history
The world’s last chance
Ian McEwan: The only one who can unite humanity for this life-or-death struggle against climate change is Barack Obama
Author hopes to pull Israel to the left with new party
Amos Oz joins intellectuals and public figures to defeat rightwing Likud party in elections next year
Duels, debts and love affairs – the real Daniel O’Connell
New biographer wants to 'set the record straight' on 'the Liberator' of Ireland
The years of distress caused by British attitudes to love
Pamela Druckerman: French women are relaxed about relationships, as Ségolène Royal's unabashed new romance proves. If only it were so here
It’s time to embrace American culture again
Jonathan Jones: An Obama victory will hopefully bring down the curtain on a period of self-defeating anti-American ignorance
The morning after the night before
Barack Obama is the favourite to win the US general election, but what will be the mood if he does? And what if he doesn't? Five writers imagine what might happen next
Our own dark secret that Congo reveals
Michela Wrong: David Miliband flies in to the Democratic Republic of Congo to face 'the toughest diplomatic challenge of his career'
Studs Terkel
The master chronicler of American life in the 20th century, veteran radical and vibrant soul of Chicago has died, aged 96. By Ed Vulliamy
Socialite sisters turn spat over glossy novel into legal battle
Published author claims sister hacked into computer and stole portions of manuscript for her forthcoming novel
One book fair, hours of satire, and the Dixie Chicks – Bush’s cultural legacy
Dubya's reign is nearly over. What impact did he have on the artistic life of his country? Twelve prominent Americans give their verdict