German doctor studied gender and sexuality and coined ‘transsexual’ term in 1920s

After years trapped in the political amber of compromise, Germany’s incoming coalition is embracing a new mandate

The insurance salesman could not speak English, only read it, and plans for a revised edition sank in a plane crash

Writers, poets, friends and fans reflect on Leonard Cohen’s words, music and work

‘I had to remould my brain to write “The Follow”. It involved three trips to Borneo and years of reading and studying and thinking hard about human beings and our place in the natural world’

The latest huge volume of the poet’s correspondence deals mainly with his failing first marriage, the complexities of his Anglican faith and his editorship of the ‘Criterion’