Discovered: a lost possible inspiration for Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway
A painting by Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell that went missing for 60 years will go on show in London in November
Ed McLachlan obituary
Cartoonist whose work appeared in Punch, Private Eye, the Spectator and the Oldie in a 60-year career
The big picture: Consuelo Kanaga’s portrait of a young woman in the deep south, 1948
The photojournalist, a pioneer in portraiture of Black Americans, took this shot in Tennessee during the era of Jim Crow
Dorset ‘Stonehenge’ under Thomas Hardy’s home given protected status
Enclosure found under late novelist’s garden is older than Salisbury monument and wins national recognition
‘Pink hair is my armour’: Zandra Rhodes on cancer, colour and the art of being fabulous
For almost 60 years, Zandra Rhodes has been one of Britain’s most flamboyant designers. She talks about her astonishing upbringing, being spurred into action by cancer and what she’s doing with her 6,000 dresses
On my radar: Yotam Ottolenghi’s cultural highlights
The chef on a novel that triumphantly captures messy London life, a Turkish Netflix drama that shows Istanbul’s split worlds and the app that gets him going in the morning
Comedian turned artist Joe Lycett: ‘If it’s too earnest a painting, it’s a failure’
The standup is building on his success at the Royal Academy summer exhibition with a book of his work, Art Hole. So has he gone all highbrow? The art reveals all …
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux review – savage with a sensitive side
This detailed biography complicates our perception of the bad boy of French art and illuminates his fraught friendship with Van Gogh
Lord of the Flies at 70: how a classic was reimagined as a graphic novel
Dutch illustrator Aimée de Jongh talks about turning William Golding’s haunting novel into a visual artwork, while the author’s daughter and others reflect on its evolving message of humanity
The big picture: a pileup of pugs
A sudden flash of inspiration gave portrait photographer Neal Slavin the key to this group shot
‘I wanted my photos to reflect my disorientation’: rising star Anastasia Samoylova on how Florida’s hyperreal streets inspired her work
It’s a big moment for the Russian-born photographer known for her dreamlike images of Miami after the 2017 hurricane. Here she talks about upcoming shows in London and New York, plus a new book surveying her career to date
On my radar: Zadie Smith’s cultural highlights
The writer on Netflix’s brilliant plague tragicomedy, the best British debut novel she’s read in a while, and her deep love of singer Chappell Roan
Charles Blackman was devoted to my mother. Their love story needs to be told
My parent’s marriage spanned a quarter of a century. His letters, kept by mother, Barbara, are steeped in intense passion, creativity and youth
‘It shouldn’t be a bucket list place’: these people went to Antarctica. They hope you don’t
As Antarctic tourism grows, so does the environmental impact. Now scientists and artists who work on the continent hope to encourage us to admire from afar
Five of the best novels about art
Rachel Cusk, Raven Leilani and Hari Kunzru are among writers inspired by artists to find shape and form in their own works