Return of the mask: finding new meaning in the old horror of Halloween
The bloodthirsty Michael Myers is back 40 years on from the original movie.
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The Brexit crash
Comrades in art
As young Communists in 1950s Britain, Soviet children’s literature transformed our world view.
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Will Eaves’s experimental novel Murmur attempts to delve inside the mind of Alan Turing
The novel’s narrator, Alec Pryor, has lived a life that closely reflects that of Alan Turing.
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Wally Funk: the remarkable woman who lost the race to get into space
As the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings approach, we must remember the astronauts who might have been.
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BBC Radio 3’s fascinating exploration of the disappearing Swedish language Elfdalian
This is a topic perfect for radio – the spoken form affords layers of understanding the written word could…
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Poached: exploring the human impulse to eat, shoot, wear, abuse and trade wild animals
Rachel Love Nuwer’s new book seeks out the people behind the trafficking industry estimated to be worth between $7bn…
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After Being Called a Fucking Foreigner in London Fields
A new poem by Raymond Antrobus.
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Sally4Ever is Julia Davis at her nasty, dirty best
Why I adore the comedy star and her sick, sick mind.
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Reasons to be cheerless: all the ways in which humanity might soon be obliterated
Remarkably, Martin Rees’s extended menu of our potential fates does not feel as depressing as it ought to.
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The teetotal Ottoman sultan who gave French monks free rein to plant vines on his land
Only fair, as France’s grapes are partly in debt to the Lebanese.
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The Welsh Enchantress approaches – with beef cheeks and a fluffy dressing gown
The last time she came, she took one look at the place and demanded to know where the Hoover…
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The politics of decency: how Peter Carrington exemplified dignified public service
In praise of Carrington’s wit, charm and occasionally acerbic yet accurate descriptions of others.
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Testing paternity: Colm Tóibín on the fathers that shaped Wilde, Joyce and Yeats
How the complicated relationships between three writers and their fathers left its mark on Irish literature.
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It’s a strange time to be in New York, reading the T-shirts and entering the Women’s Gate
On the street a woman passes me wearing a badge that reads, “I believe you Christine Blasey Ford.”
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The rise of Elizabeth Warren, the dust bowl radical
As the Democrats move left in response to Trumpism, few doubt that the Massachusetts senator will run for president. But who…
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“Try not to be alone with him… wear a wedding ring“: why hasn’t #MeToo hit medicine?
Victims of harassment and abuse in the NHS are officially encouraged to speak out. In practice, this rarely happens.
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“I’ve been homeless myself: you start thinking, ‘I’m not entitled’”: novelist Anna Burns on winning the Booker Prize
The 2018 Man Booker Prize winner talks to Tom Gatti about living on benefits and using food banks, the psychology…
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Romesh Ranganathan Q&A: “I’d only have my portrait done to ceremoniously burn it“
The comedian talks Justin Trudeau, smartphone addiction, and being an expert on Public Enemy.
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The Brexit trap: is there any way out?
Britain’s fate has become a cautionary tale to others. As Theresa May struggles to reach a deal with the EU, Nick…
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When musicians die young today online mourning turns their deaths into a whodunnit
If social media had existed, I’m sure I would have immediately heard conspiracy theories about how Kurt Cobain died.
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Theresa May’s incompetence has united Tory Brexiteers and Remainers against her
Suggesting an open-ended period of transition was almost like writing the first paragraph of a letter of resignation.
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Anjem Choudary is free – but what is the Islamist preacher’s next move?
The homegrown extremists that Choudary has inspired in Britain have proved more difficult to confront than extremists from abroad.
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Why the West is unprepared for the next economic crash
Austerity and an unstable debt mountain leave the world vulnerable to a new downturn.
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Sean Bean: “Jeremy Corbyn does actually believe in what he stands for”
About to star in new series Medici: The Magnificent, the actor discusses the lessons of the medieval Florentine dynasty.
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Commons Confidential: Chris Grayling’s welcoming party
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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How Italy’s separatist Northern League went national
By imposing a harsh anti-migrant, tax-cutting agenda, the hard-right party has turned government into a permanent campaign platform.
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Leader: Brexit threatens to fracture the Union
Scottish independence and the reunification of Ireland. In short: the end of the UK.
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