Destiny’s children

Natasha Walter: The banalities of astrology have replaced religion in giving young people a sense of purpose and belonging.

Silenced García Márquez barred from language conference

The greatest living author in Spanish has been barred from the International Congress of the Spanish Language, a meeting organised every four years by national academies of the Spanish-speaking countries, for suggesting spelling ought to be scrapped.

The human Hitler

The first German film to feature an actor playing the Führer opened this week. But by depicting him as a complex character, does it diminish the evil that he did? Or is Germany finally coming to terms with its past? The acclaimed Hitler biographer Ian Kershaw offers his verdict.

Samira Bellil

Obituary: Courageous writer who forced France to confront the outrage of gang rape.

The angry editor

As the slick editor of Vanity Fair, America's celebrity bible, Graydon Carter has never shown much interest in politics. But now he has written a passionate diatribe against George Bush. Here he explains why.

In the name of God

John Sutherland: George Bush really is doing God's work - according to the Rev Evans' best-selling book, that is.

Poetry to the people

A tragic epic by an Iraqi exile, only 1,000 copies were ever printed. Yet, secretly and by word of mouth, Brother Yasin became a symbol of resistance to Saddam. Jo Tatchell on the remarkable story of a poem that defied a dictator.