On my radar: Joy Crookes’s cultural highlights
The singer-songwriter on the film that reminds her of her dad, artist Rene Matić’s ability to provoke and a documentary that sums up the life of an Arsenal fan
Alastair Brotchie obituary
Other lives: Author and publisher who brought avant-garde European literature to the UK market in readable translations
On my radar: Gabrielle Zevin’s cultural highlights
The American writer on her film of the moment, a fantastic young novelist and an animated series that’s wonderfully human
‘They save us’: Sally Muir on the art of drawing rescue dogs
Scruffy or sleek, melancholic or mischievous… Sally Muir’s portraits of dogs capture the essence of unconditional love. And her latest collection on rescue dogs reveals much about cruelty – and kindness
David Sutherland obituary
Cartoonist for the Beano whose artwork encapsulated the mayhem of the Bash Street Kids for more than 60 years
Green light given for huge British Library extension
Community-focused £500m scheme will build new galleries, a learning centre, green spaces and a home for the Alan Turing Institute of data science
Graham Oakley obituary
Illustrator and author widely admired for The Church Mice, his series of children’s picture books
Still Pictures by Janet Malcolm review – a great writer’s photographic memories
A posthumous collection of essays, sparked by old photos of her Czech refugee family and friends, lucidly sketches a lost world
‘It’s the opposite of art’: why illustrators are furious about AI
AI art generators may provide five minutes of fun for most users, but the blurring of creative and ethical boundaries is leaving many artists raging against the machine
Paul Auster: ‘The right to own a gun in the US is seen as a kind of holy grail’
In their new book, the novelist and his photographer son-in-law document the sites of mass shootings in the US and argue for urgent change in the relationship between Americans and guns
I learned the hard way that Fay Weldon was as sharp-witted as her characters
I jumped at the chance to interview her, but regretted it almost at once after being reminded of a bad review I wrote
Black Panthers, punks and brutalist buildings: the micro-publisher exploring Britain’s lost past
Every week, Café Royal publishes books highlighting forgotten architecture or subcultures, celebrating the work of amateur and professional photographers. And they cost less than a London pint
I left my baby to write this. How do artists balance creativity and the ache for their child?
All writers and painters who are mothers must tread a heroic path. In an ideal world, we wouldn’t have to, says the Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
On my radar: Katy Hessel’s cultural highlights
The art historian and broadcaster on the joys of Emma Corrin’s Orlando, and the exhibition that she has seen three times already
Ann Mactaggart obituary
Other lives: Teacher and accomplished seamstress who became well known for the restoration of harpsichords