The author of the best-selling "Wallander" detective series reflects on his dual roles as writer and activist.
"Nineteen Eighty-Four" depicts a society in which liberty was impossible – so how should we respond to this new threat?
Despite his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Terry Pratchett is still marvelling at the weird science of the world.
At 22, Magnus Carlsen is the strongest chess player in history. And now the ultimate endgame beckons
Nearly 500 Taliban prisoners have tunnelled their way out of an Afghan prison, but how does their feat match up to those other great breakouts?
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/ 18 November 2010
These Italian ruins should be preserved, but not turned into a theme park, writes Stephen Moss.
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/ 17 September 2010
Writer Nadine Gordimer is fighting again, this time against government’s plans to muzzle the media. She tells <b>Stephen Moss</b> why.
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/ 1 September 2010
Twenty years after helping defeat apartheid, the eminent writer is fighting government plans to muzzle South Africa’s media.
Yann Martel has been savaged for writing about the World War II genocide in his follow-up to <i>Life of Pi</i>.
Ridley Scott claims his new version of <i>Robin Hood</i>, starring Russell Crowe, is the most historically accurate portrayal.