Turkey draws back from prosecuting outspoken novelist

The Turkish authorities have dropped their charges of "insulting Turkishness" against the celebrated novelist Orhan Pamuk, according to reports last night from Istanbul, thus avoiding the international opprobrium which would have mounted if he had been convicted of a crime for expressing his opinion.

Flaming Norah! Is that what men have to go through?

In the battle between the sexes Norah Vincent was a secret agent. For 18 months she lived as a man, trying to resolve the gender divide. The result is a book, Self-Made Man.

Straw ‘blocked’ diplomat’s book which questioned Iraq war

Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's former ambassador to the UN, is accused by MPs of "keeling over" to the foreign secretary by pulling the publication of his memoirs.

Lost art of the narrative

Catherine Gander: A short story is not a quick fix. It demands interpretation, as Ang Lee's western has shown.

America’s model housewife turns feminist as husband abandons her

It is 25 years since Terry Hekker hailed the housewife, now in a landmark decision the acclaimed author has rejected her past saying she was wrong.

Super green me

Alex Jamieson was the woman who helped Morgan Spurlock back to health after he ate nothing but McDonald's. Now she wants to detox the world, finds Hannah Pool.

Whitehall unconfidential: the censors are on the run

David Leigh: A document leaked to the Guardian shows how powerless Tony Blair has become to stem a tide of embarrassing disclosures.

George Bush insists that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. So why, six years ago, did the CIA give the Iranians blueprints to build a bomb?

In an extract from his explosive new book, New York Times reporter James Risen reveals the bungles and miscalculations that led to a spectacular intelligence fiasco.

US blunder aided Iran’s atomic aims, book claims

The CIA may have helped Iran to design a nuclear bomb through a botched attempt to channel flawed blueprints to Tehran's weapon designers, according to State of War, New York Times intelligence correspondent, James Risen's new book on the US "war on terror".

Who’s that boy/girl?

JT LeRoy used to be a child prostitute. Now he is one of America's coolest young writers, the author of several rapturously received books and the darling of hip LA. There's just one problem: no one is quite sure if he is a man - or whether he even exists. Laura Barton meets him ... or does she?

Gonzo gazette in Woody Creek

Hunter S Thompson made Woody Creek the spiritual home of Gonzo journalism, and now a new magazine edited by the journalist's widow is likely to shed light on some of the other eccentric residents of the small Colorado community. By Jamie Wilson.

When the English rose conquered the cowboy

New Year's Eve. And you meet your heart's desire. But not so simple if it's Oxford, 1951, and you're gay. In an extract from his newly revised memoir, Ben Duncan describes the tentative beginnings of a lifelong romance.

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