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Walter Frankenstein, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in Berlin with his wife and infant children, has died

In a year filled with centenaries of famous novels, including Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Franz Kafka’s The Trial, another novel also quietly turns 100. William was published in 1925 by the once-celebrated, now largely forgotten, E.H. Young.

Every pope has his critics

Lala Books, in Camberwell, was left with a smashed window following the raid on Thursday night

For her fourth novel, the former lawyer draws on her experience working as a legal intern in the UN tribunal for former Yugoslavia

Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday afternoon at the Arizona trial for Lori Vallow Daybell

The geometric shapes say more than you might think.

Zink’s seventh novel, about a night of conversation and adventure, is full of wit and marvellous writing, but ultimately trails off

The Split actor and children’s author on throuples, using his sons as a focus group, and running the London marathon