Burning Bush brandishes Dostoevsky
Given the Biblical language in which George Bush and his speechwriters are steeped, it is not surprising that the US president should invoke the imagery of fire, writes James Meek.
Lord of the Rings director has Lovely Bones to pick
Peter Jackson plans to adapt Alice Sebold's bestselling debut novel for the big screen
Home Office to meet Rushdie over censorship fears
The Home Office bows to pressure from some of Britain's leading writers - including Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, William Boyd and Hanif Kureishi - to meet with them to discuss their fears that the proposed new law on inciting religious hatred will stifle artistic liberty.
Don Quixote rides again in 400-year celebrations
The Spanish government is preparing to celebrate the 400th anniversary in 2005 of its country's most famous literary character.
Susan Sontag dies aged 71
Cultural critic called herself a 'zealot of seriousness'.
Susan Sontag obituary
The Dark Lady of American intellectual life, an aesthete who reorientated its cultural horizons.
A fighter armed with a pen
To some she was 'a political pilgrim', to others a 'liberal lioness', but there was never debate about Susan Sontag's first love: the written word.
‘A courageous and unique thinker’
Tributes to Susan Sontag from fellow writers and academics.
Rome discovers a new breed of tourist
The first "official Angels and Demons tour" will show visitors the Roman sites used by the author of The Da Vinci Code.
Iraq’s library struggles to rise from the ashes
Remains of national history are slowly pieced together.