Tomorrow is another Gone With the Wind sequel
Mitchell estate insists the public is ready for third retelling of southern saga.
Frankly, the public still gives a damn
New Gone With the Wind spin-off book tells story from perspective of its charming scoundrel, Rhett Butler.
The first rebellion
Though the son of a wealthy landowner, Fidel Castro grew up in rural Cuba, where his friends went barefoot and were largely illiterate. In the second extract from his autobiography, he talks about snobbishness, the cruelty of his schooldays, and being a 'vengeful little devil'.
Were Spain’s two artistic legends secret gay lovers?
British actor stars as Salvador Dali in controversial film account of his affair with the doomed poet Lorca.
Conversations with Castro
Aged 81, the world's longest-serving leader is turning his thoughts to his legacy and the succession. In an exclusive extract from his autobiography, Fidel Castro talks to Ignacio Ramonet about vanity and cruelty - and reveals his salary and plans for retirement.
Mother, Daughter, Marxist (noncommittal), human
Linda Hall explains why her 80-year-old father finds Katha Pollitt such excellent company.
‘I think this is a book that men would like’
Ann Friedman asks Katha Pollitt about the political discussions of her new book of personal memoirs.
Iran clamps down on coffee shops
The trend of opening coffee shops inside bookstores has fallen foul of the authorities amid a general clampdown on social and intellectual freedoms.
Gay wizards, hobbits and angels: a celebration
Philip Hensher: JK Rowling dropped a bombshell on an American audience last week. Albus Dumbledore, her kindly headmaster, was gay all along.
September 11 wasn’t that bad, says Nobel winner Lessing
Author says IRA campaigns in Britain were much worse, and tells how she hates Bush, Blair and Iran.
Do we realise what we’re doing?
Welcome to Guardian America, where programs are programmes and the Defense Department is, yes, the defence department. Inigo Thomas elegantly explains why.
Publishers weigh into War and Peace battle
US bookshops see salvoes exchanged between new versions of Tolstoy's epic.
Fresh clues could solve mystery of Poe’s death
The 'shrunken brain' found in the horror writer's skull may explain the delusions of his last days.
‘I’m a bit of a dork’
As a child, Sophie Dahl was carted around the world by her mother in a relentless search for happiness, love and God. At least that gave her plenty of material for her first novel. She tells Kira Cochrane about eccentric relatives, her boyfriend Jamie Cullum and the difficult art of discretion.
‘They bought me as a butcher would a calf or a lamb’
Mary Prince, a slave, was the first black woman to publish an account of her life in Britain - an account so brutal that few believed it. Now she is finally being celebrated, writes Sara Wajid.