Witnessing ‘murder by the gods’ as a child drove the novelist’s work, which used postmodern playfulness to delight readers• ‘A literary voice for the ages’: Paul Auster remembered by Ian McEwan, Joyce Carol Oates and more• Paul Auster – a life in quotes• Paul Auster – a life in picturesLike Saul Bellow’s Chicago or Philip Roth’s New Jersey, the American...

The critically acclaimed American writer has died aged 77. Here, contemporaries pay tribute to his life and work• Brooklyn’s bard: Paul Auster’s tricksy fiction captivated a generation• Paul Auster – a life in quotes• Paul Auster – a life in picturesBritish novelist The exquisite chapter of domestic accidents that opens Paul Auster’s final novel, Baumgartner,...

The former player, once a world No 1, also inspired a defining Adidas shoe and is the subject of a revealing new documentaryFor sports fans of a certain age, the seasonal queues that form around shoe stores in anticipation of the latest Jordan sneakers are a painful reminder of the many young people who only know of the hoops legend as an athletic brand....

‘I have photographed fathers and sons holding hands from Bulgaria to Armenia and beyond. I approached these two as a stranger – and had just seconds before it got too awkward’A few years ago, while walking my sons to school, I found myself thinking that, although I held their hands daily, one day they wouldn’t need me alongside them, that we would lose...

Albert Street, 2009, which was recovered from Lenn Mayhew-Lewis, estimated to be worth millions of poundsA Frank Auerbach painting estimated to be worth several million pounds is to be sold by the National Crime Agency after it was recovered from a convicted money launderer who worked for organised criminal gangs, including drug traffickers.The work...

Craven museum in Skipton is up against cultural titans such as National Portrait Gallery and Young V&ATucked away in an old town hall on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, many people may have walked past the Craven Museum without realising it existed.Now, thanks to a multimillion pound restoration and a council that has bucked the trend for cutting...