Cervantes’ epic reborn as an animated romp
Animated version of Don Quixote, Miguel Cervantes' 17th-century epic, will open in cinemas across Spain next week
The hard-boiled bard
Richard B Woodward admires the new biography of Raymond Chandler, king of noir fiction and chronicler of thwarted dreams
I won’t name cocaine minister, says author
Nuns, lawyers and businessmen with drug habits 'will remain anonymous'
The absurd world of Martin Amis
Chris Morris: Look, I'm busy. I'm writing a script and I won't be disturbed. Except that because I'm writing about terrorism and Islam, I keep being distracted by Martin Amis. He prowls the thickets of my research like a demented flasher
Grass sues publisher over claims he chose to enlist with Waffen-SS
Günter Grass, Germany's greatest living writer, has filed a lawsuit against the publisher of his biography for claiming that he voluntarily joined the elite Nazi force, the Waffen-SS, his lawyer said yesterday
Proud, tall – and rotting: Anne Frank’s tree wins a reprieve
· Council wants to cut down diseased horse chestnut · Conservationists fight to save girl's symbol of hope
‘Martin Amis is no racist’
In his G2 cover story on Monday, Ronan Bennett was wrong to condemn Martin Amis for his comments about Islam, argues Christopher Hitchens
Artists pay tribute to Lorca at poet’s home
A major exhibition of more than 30 international artists and musicians - from flamenco singer Enrique Morente to the deadpan artistic duo of Gilbert & George - will open this weekend at the summer retreat in Granada of the early 20th century Spanish poet Federico García Lorca
Shame on us
Martin Amis's threatening remarks about Muslims have gone largely unchallenged. Why the silence? His outbursts were racist, says Ronan Bennett - and so are we, for letting him get away with it
Ira Levin
Obituary: US writer best known for Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives and The Boys from Brazil
US author mounts ‘libel tourism’ challenge
A ferocious attack on the 'chilling effect' of the English law of libel and its use by wealthy 'foreign tourists' will be mounted in a top US court today