Reni Eddo-Lodge and Emma Watson to redraw London tube map with women’s names

Suggestions sought for public history project inspired by similar map of New York led by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

‘The nearest to God we get’: stars pick the Beethoven work they cherish

Ali Smith does an opus a month, Tony Hall saw Fidelio on Robben Island, and Lady Brenda Hale used to march to his Grosse Fuge. As the Proms celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, stars reveal a favourite work

Mervyn Peake ‘visual archive’ acquired by British Library

Library says illustrations, beginning when he was seven and continuing through his life as a novelist and illustrator, show he was one of the great ‘writer-artists’

Michael Glickman obituary

Architect who researched and wrote about the mathematical sophistication of crop circles

Far Side creator Gary Larson publishes first new cartoons in 25 years

After coming out of retirement, the cartoonist says digital technology has allowed him to rediscover the fun of drawing

The heat’s back on: our insiders’ guide to 2020’s best summer culture

From art to architecture, from festivals to films, our expert guests spotlight the hottest cultural events of the coming months

Are We There Yet? Alison Lester, beloved author, is here to answer your child’s questions

Her books, including My Farm, Imagine, and Magic Beach, are adored by younger readers. Now she’s answering their questions

Unfinished, abandoned, demolished: how Cairo is losing architecture it never knew it had

From grand visions that fail with the departure of a president to everyday buildings knocked down before they can be considered for heritage protection, a new book unpicks what Egypt’s capital might have been

The new monuments we need? Your nan’s old dress or a Stormzy lyric carved in stone

Instead of stern, elevated statues, here are some ways I’d like to remember

Katie Waggett’s best photograph: Sunday worship with Joy

‘Joy was dancing in church with her children in London. She was in her element – her dress speaks to her sense of cultural pride’

Shaun Tan: ‘We’re not being mean to animals – but there is evil in obliviousness’

What would happen if bears sued humanity and fish left the sea? The author-illustrator of Tales from the Inner City on animal rights, veganism and winning the Kate Greenaway medal

Simone Lia: Summer reading – cartoon

Rereading a familiar novel can really cheer you up

Fictional portrait of Jo and Edward Hopper wins Walter Scott prize

£25,000 award for the year’s best historical novel goes to Christine Dwyer Hickey’s The Narrow Land, which depicts the artists’ marriage

Hisham Matar on how the Black Death changed art forever

After the plague, death became a silent companion for Renaissance artists. Hisham Matar recalls a month in Siena, exploring love, loss, mortality and art

Stuffed mermaids, baroque masterpieces and David Hockney at dawn – the week in art

Surreal treasures from Europe’s strangest collections, what we’re missing at the National Gallery, and artists respond to George Floyd’s death – all in your weekly dispatch