‘Best wishes, and kisses to everyone’
A museum in Amsterdam has obtained previously unseen letters written by Anne Frank. Here we publish a selection. Some are from before the war; others were written while she was in hiding from the Nazis.
Are women human?
In her new book, leading feminist Catharine MacKinnon argues that women are still treated more like "things" than people. She talks to Stuart Jeffries about her war on pornography - and whether men and women can ever really connect.
My book may not be history, but it is accurate
Hugh Bicheno: The lessons from the Falklands war should not be obscured by a fight over detail, writes Hugh Bicheno.
The ideas interview: Lewis Wolpert
If religion is a consequence of the way our brains are wired, hears John Sutherland, all the more reason to question the truth of our beliefs.
Has le philosophe been undone?
Bernard-Henri Levy, the open-shirted media star of intellectual life in France, has been savaged in a new book, writes Jason Burke.
The books that move men
When Lisa Jardine and Annie Watkins asked women which book had helped them most during their lives, the clear winner was Jane Eyre, with Pride and Prejudice not too far behind. When they repeated the exercise with men, a very different reading list emerged ...
Your challenge: think up a new word for ‘airbag’
A group campaigning to preserve the German language from insidious English influences has come up with an idea for a competition - to find a German word for 'airbag'.
First lady Laura feels glow of authorised biography
Depending on whom you believe, it is either an exposé of "the secret world of the president's stealth counsellor", or a valentine of "fluffball quotes". The disagreement will probably only help sales of a biography of Laura Bush, published today after weeks of anticipation.
Newly discovered letters show Brecht’s talent for offending
· Isherwood among artists at receiving end of insults
· Documents also include photos and manuscripts
Coincidence or conspiracy? Rivals launch books on same day
The author of The Da Vinci Code and one of the men he has been facing in court found themselves locked in a new battle yesterday, with rival US book launches on the same day.
Iraqi woman’s Baghdad blog in the running for £30,000 book prize
An anonymous Iraqi woman has become the first blog author to be in the running for a big literary prize for a book published between hard covers. By John Ezard.
Plus ça change
Chirac's tantrum this week was the latest in a long line of cross-Channel teeth baring. Who better to plot that history of venom than Anglo-French couple Robert and Isabelle Tombs? Interview by Stuart Jeffries.
Lord of the Rings musical opens
The curtain rose in Toronto last night on an epic musical adaptation of the Lord of the Rings that has taken four years to produce, features 55 actors, 500 pieces of armour and 17 elevators, and cost about $27m (£15.5m).