Fight for ‘honour’ at 92 reveals a Nazi’s past
Court action over claims of fathering a baby leads to new Holocaust link
After The Perfect Storm
Sebastian Junger found fame with his vivid account of a fishing boat engulfed by 100ft waves. His latest work chronicles a different kind of terror, in Afghanistan. By Ed Pilkington
We want the funk
Christopher Bonanos admires Thomas Hine's Abba-to-zoot suit examination of the 1970s in The Great Funk
‘To screw it up would be offensive’
It was meant to be a sensitive portrayal of real life in Afghanistan - but The Kite Runner has been plagued by a row over a rape scene. The film's British star talks to Patrick Barkham
Today’s girls prefer to look sexy rather than be clever
This generation is being sexualised before they reach their teens, a trend which threatens their self worth, warns a top US female academic
A paranoid, abhorrent obsession
Pankaj Mishra: Talented writers nibbling on cliches is a depressing spectacle, but a public conversation about Islam should not be avoided
Jury reads prose penned by ‘lyrical terrorist’
Samina Malik was handed a nine-month suspended jail term at the Old Bailey for offences under anti-terrorism legislation. Here is a selection of the poetry which prompted her to call herself the 'lyrical terrorist'
Elizabeth Hardwick
Obituary: US writer and wife of poet Robert Lowell, she co-founded the New York Review of Books
Elizabeth Hardwick: A literary life well lived
Linda Hall remembers the writer and editor for her ladylike demeanour, intellectual rigour and wry wit
Trial of publisher revives row over Turkish ‘insult’ law
· British author fears attack over Armenian book
· Ankara accepts need for change, says Labour MEP
Amis demands Muslims join in ‘factory siren’ over terror plots
Martin Amis last night fired another salvo in the war of words over Islam, condemning an 'abject failure' by Muslims to vigorously denounce suicide bombings
Kite Runner’s Afghan child stars forced into hiding
· Four boys emigrate to avoid tribal reprisals
· Film's content made local cast a mistake, says studio
The trouble with twit lit
John Harris: This season's bestsellers reveal the British male is undergoing a surreally extended midlife crisis