Scenes from a shooting script

Icons in the Fire, Alexander Walker's stinging critique of the British film industry, lacks any positive suggestions, says Andrea Calderwood.

Vera’s timely reminder

Polly Toynbee: Mike Leigh's film about a backstreet abortionist provides a much-needed antidote to 'pro-life' propaganda.

The world in 0s and 1s

Leader: The great library of Alexandria, it is said, came to be one of the world's greatest stores of learning by requiring visitors to the city to hand over books in their possession to be copied. Now Google is borrowing the trick.

The outsider

William J Mann's Edge of Midnight captures all the complexity and creative energy of John Schlesinger, says Gavin Lambert.

Collins launches online dictionary to debate new words

Collins Dictionaries today launches an online Living Dictionary, in which netheads can suggest new words and argue over whether they should be added to the print version of the dictionary. By Stephen Moss.

Top libraries to go online in deal with Google

Some of the globe's greatest literary treasures will soon be freely available on the internet under a deal announced between search engine Google and five of the world's top libraries. By Bobbie Johnson.

Telling it straight

David Storey appreciates Paul Ryan's collection of the writings of Lindsay Anderson, Never Apologise.

Biographer takes shine off Spielberg’s Schindler

According to history professor David Crowe's new biography of the German industrialist, Schindler's list, the legendary document containing names of Jewish employees at his Polish factory who were designated as "essential workers" and thus spared from the concentration camps, did not exist.

Google puts new slant on scholarship

The company behind Google is aiming to change the academic world with a new search tool putting a treasure trove of scholarly writing within the reach of everyday users. By Richard Wray.