The struggle of memory against forgetting
Maya Jaggi: Milan Kundera denies a claim he betrayed a spy in Communist Czechoslovakia, but lying now would be the greater betrayal
In praise of … The Great Crash 1929
Editorial: This time round, the world must come together and disprove JK Galbraith's conclusion
The ‘all-time highlight’ of German TV
Kate Connolly: Reich-Ranicki's outburst has been hailed by those he attacked as an all-time highlight of German television
Literary critic rejects rubbish TV award on air
Germany's top literary critic spurned a lifetime-achievement prize and tore into television. By Jess Smee
Writers pen protests at terror bill
42 writers will publish work attacking government's plan to hold terrorist suspects without charge for 42 days
Can video games encourage reading?
Mary Richert: Authors and publishers are using video games to hook young readers. It's a smart move, but the proof is in the programming
Judy, madly, deeply
Judge Judy is the toughest moral voice in reality TV, delivering her strict judgments on bullies and cheats twice a day on ITV2. Fan Fay Weldon asks her why she believes compulsory contraception and locking up young offenders will save American society.
Author’s mass-market success upsets Indian literati
Banker finds lucrative niche in chronicling lives of middle-class youth
An insular view of the Nobel prize
Marco Roth: The Nobel prize for literature doesn't really have much to do with literary excellence - and that's not a bad thing
Cross purposes
Stuart Jeffries: His job is to try to hold the Anglican church together so why did the Archbishop of Canterbury take last summer off to write about Dostoevsky?
American anti-Obama author arrested before Nairobi book launch
Jerome Corsi, author of controversial 'The Obama Nation' detained for failing to obtain a work permit
Kenya deports anti-Obama author
A controversial American author and conspiracy theorist was arrested in Nairobi and was due to be deported today after trying to plug his bestselling book attacking Barack Obama, whose late father was Kenyan
Author of anti-Barack Obama book detained in Kenya
Jerome Corsi, who wrote critical book on Democratic presidential candidate, is held by Kenyan immigration officials
The comic fanatic now running Japan
Michael Fitzpatrick: Taro Aso believes his manga and anime related obsessions can lift Japan out of its current economic hole