Confessions of a troublemaker
Lynne Segal has enraged many fellow feminists, including Germaine Greer and the entire radical wing of the movement. Her new memoir explains all, reports Julie Bindel.
Arthur Schlesinger
Obituary: Pulitzer-prizewinning historian active in Kennedy's White House whose Camelot myth he promoted
In praise of… public intellectuals
Leader: The American historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr, who died on Wednesday night, was the kind of public figure who is far more familiar in France and the United States than in Britain.
Publishers let readers browse books online
Two publishers have launched features that allow customers to browse through books online. By Dan Glaister in Los Angeles.
US publishers allow readers to browse online
In response to the success of online booksellers in enticing customers to websites such as Amazon, two leading publishers have launched features that allow customers to browse through books online.
Mai Ghoussoub
Obituary: Writer, artist and publisher who took her passion for life, controversy and feminism to the streets of Beirut and London.
Truth, lies and anti-semitism
Irène Némirovsky's last novel, written before her death in Auschwitz, caused a sensation when it was discovered in 2004. But the charge that she might have been anti-semitic - even though she was Jewish - threatens to stain her reputation. Stuart Jeffries investigates.
Holocaust denial writer jailed for five years
· Extradited German given maximum sentence· Publisher a dangerous agitator, judge says
After a decade, Booker winner Roy plans new novel
The Booker prize winner Arundhati Roy is to write her first novel in 10 years after a decade of campaigning against India's dam building programme, its possession of nuclear weapons and its support for George Bush's 'war on terror'.
The queen of Bohemia
Man Ray's muse and Hemingway's friend, Kiki of Montparnasse inspired countless artists in 1920s Paris. Her life was wild, exciting and debauched, but, as Anna Davis reports, behind the painted mask was a troubled soul.
I will read it. Honest
Author Pierre Bayard says it is not necessary to have read a book to talk about it. Ros Taylor is yet to read his, so here is what she thinks.
What’s the big idea?
Francis Fukuyama jumped clear of the wreckage as neocon certainties crashed in Iraq. But his change of heart made him enemies in Washington, he tells Oliver Burkeman.