Donald Clarke: Not every villain needs a harrowing origin story

Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka is the latest example of trend that refuses to go away

Hannibal Lecter’s creator cooks up something new (no fava beans or Chianti)

But, whether it’s Cari Mora or The Silence of the Lambs, the author says he invents nothing

Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme dies aged 73

The Oscar-winning film-maker also directed acclaimed films Philadelphia, Something Wild and the Talking Heads concert documentary Stop Making Sense

James Carol: ‘The story comes first, then the facts’

Brought to Book Q&A: Scottish author of the Jefferson Winter thriller series on the influence of Stephen King and Thomas Harris

Peter Swanson: ‘Being lost in a book is one of the greatest feelings in the world’

Brought to Book Q&A: Author of The Kind Worth Killing on Harry Potter, Lucky Jim and his other favourite reads

Word for Word: ‘I lost my heart to a Western’