Roman ruins
Artists in Mussolini's Italy plundered the past to celebrate it - and destroy it. But to call their work fascist is too easy, says Jonathan Jones
A grubby business
Who cleans up in your house - a man, a woman ... or a cleaner? Barbara Ehrenreich on the new politics of dirt.
Discovery of Truman diary reveals attack on Jews
Biographer denies cold war president was anti-semitic.
How Dylan’s lyrics struck a chord
Bob Dylan's lyrics have been the subject of university literature courses and countless scholarly discourses, but now they are attracting a different form of attention.
Oprah’s novel choice outshines Hillary
When it comes to book sales Hillary Clinton is still no match for Oprah Winfrey, writes Gary Younge in New York.
What do women really want in bed?
July 10 2003: Nikki Gemmell on why complete sexual honesty is something very few people can cope with.
Laureate faces silence of the iambs
New Jersey's legislature has voted to abolish the position of state poet laureate after the governor discovered that he could not sack the current holder of the post.
Did Dracula don Giovanni’s cloak?
An article published yesterday in one of Italy's leading national newspapers draws attention to parallels between the story of Stoker's seminal Gothic villain and that of the archetypal Latin cad depicted in Lorenzo Da Ponte's libretto more than 100 years earlier.
Jerusalem mayor’s prize fight with Miller
Ultra-Orthodox leader insults Crucible dramatist at literary award ceremony.
10 myths about boys
Vandals, lazy, rampant, unfeeling: boys these days are victims of gender stereotyping gone haywire, says Jenni Murray, herself the mother of two sons. She sets the record straight.
Hundreds queue for Clinton book
Living History, Hillary's £5m memoir, is the fastest-selling non-fiction book in history, shifting 200,000 copies on its first day of sales in the US and selling around 20,000 in the UK so far. By Angelique Chrisafis.
JK Rowling to sue newspaper for breaking Potter embargo
9.30am: JK Rowling is suing an American newspaper for publishing extracts from the new Harry Potter book, which is strictly embargoed until Saturday. By Ciar Byrne.