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.
Bulgakov classic to enthral Russia
The streets are expected to be deserted tonight at 8.55 when millions switch on their televisions for the first Russian screen adaptation of The Master and Margarita, a surreal 1930s novel that features a gun-slinging cat and the devil as a magician.
Why a great writer’s trial affects us all
Denis MacShane says Turkey must not be allowed to airbrush its past.
In praise of… Orhan Pamuk
Leader: The case of Orhan Pamuk is a sharp reminder that laws designed to protect the Turkish state against the citizen and suppress freedom of thought or expression have no place in a modern society.