Looted ancient book must be sent back to Italy
12th century missal found its way from a cathedral to the British Library. Now its return may mean a law change.
Women writers: dull, depressed and domestic
In the introduction to 13, a collection of poetry, short stories and extracts from novels, the authors Toby Litt and Ali Smith make a sweeping condemnation of the subject matter, writing style and preoccupations of female writers.
The Da Vinci Code: Why everyone loves a conspiracy
Mark Smith sees hackles rise as Catholics come face-to-face with fans of The Da Vinci Code to debate its 'blasphemous' content.
Paris, city of the dead
Hywel Williams: Sartre barely makes the top 100 national figures in a poll, but he was the last great French intellectual.
These guilty men
In Lawless World, Tony Blair and George W Bush stand accused by leading QC Philippe Sands of riding roughshod over international law.
The brothers grim
Moshe Lewin presents a powerful and original analysis of the warring between Lenin and Stalin and the collapse of the Soviet empire in The Soviet Century.
The world made new
Last week, parts of Britain saw their heaviest snowfall for years. Jenny Diski, author of Skating to Antarctica, celebrates its hold over our imaginations.
They say ‘incident’. To me it’s genocide
When its finest novelist attacked Turkey's bloody past, he became a hero for Armenians and Turks alike, says Nouritza Matossian.