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Henning Mankell: Paradise is a fiction of compromise

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The author of the best-selling "Wallander" detective series reflects on his dual roles as writer and activist.

George Orwell back in fashion as Prism stokes Big Brother paranoia

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"Nineteen Eighty-Four" depicts a society in which liberty was impossible – so how should we respond to this new threat?

Terry Pratchett: Science is stranger than fiction

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Despite his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Terry Pratchett is still marvelling at the weird science of the world.

It’s time for the Magnus opus

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At 22, Magnus Carlsen is the strongest chess player in history. And now the ultimate endgame beckons

What have been the greatest escapes?

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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?

Please don’t privatise Pompeii

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These Italian ruins should be preserved, but not turned into a theme park, writes Stephen Moss.

Gordimer gets back in the fray

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Writer Nadine Gordimer is fighting again, this time against government's plans to muzzle the media. She tells <b>Stephen Moss</b> why.

Nadine Gordimer goes back into battle

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Twenty years after helping defeat apartheid, the eminent writer is fighting government plans to muzzle South Africa's media.

‘Jews don’t own the Holocaust’

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Yann Martel has been savaged for writing about the World War II genocide in his follow-up to <i>Life of Pi</i>.

In search of the real Robin Hood

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Ridley Scott claims his new version of <i>Robin Hood</i>, starring Russell Crowe, is the most historically accurate portrayal.

Martin Amis: The Mick Jagger of letters

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As his 12th novel comes out, the novelist admits fearing his decline as a writer and is still wounded by the critics, writes Stephen Moss.

Environmental evangelist

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Jane Goodall, who began her seminal work on the chimpanzees of Africa 50 years ago, is now touring the world with another important message.
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