An old smock and 60 cigs a day: Peter James learns tricks of art forger’s trade
The bestselling crime writer spent time with a former master faker as he researched his latest novel
Poetic justice: WB Yeats’s time in London to be celebrated at last
Years of campaigning will come to fruition this week with the unveiling of a sculpture in Bedford Park to the great writer
On my radar: Kayo Chingonyi’s cultural highlights
The award-winning poet on his favourite New York record store, the mindfulness of taking photos on film cameras, Ann Patchett’s captivating essays and the lyrical appeal of Medellín
‘You had to be quick!’: Henry Horenstein on his breathtaking Speedway pics
From stock car racing to country music stars, the US photographer is one of the great documenters of Americana. He talks about his life in the fast lane
Everyone’s a cynic! Film, TV, music, books and art about pessimism
From Wall Street savagery to withering R&B, choose art that shows humanity at its most misanthropic
On my radar: Vicky Featherstone’s cultural highlights
The Royal Court’s artistic director raves about a non-binary memoir, admires Gordon Brown’s stand on poverty and salutes Cornelia Parker’s proper mermaid
Cosey Fanni Tutti: ‘I was lucky I got thrown out of home. I see it as a gift’
The Throbbing Gristle co-founder and performance artist is seen as an elder stateswoman of the avant garde. She talks about legacy, and the liberation of revisiting her darkest experiences for a new memoir
Food for thought: film, music and art to help you through the cost of living crisis
From a 16th-century worker’s humble lunch to raging rap, our critics find the works that grapple with the challenges of hard times
On my radar: Claire-Louise Bennett’s cultural highlights
The award-winning writer on her favourite Amsterdam cafe, listening to strange music in the dark, swimming at the ladies’ beach in Galway and living the high life at a US cannabis shop
Dine like Da Vinci, unleash your inner diva – 101 ways the arts can slightly improve your life
Follow the gospel of Larry David, go gaming on horseback, always carry a cushion, bin your cinema mates and learn Korean off the telly … Guardian writers present their best cultural life hacks
What the Fuck Is This by Celeste Mountjoy review – David Shrigley for the terminally online
Popular internet comic @filthyratbag takes pitch-black experiences and alchemises them into painful, pithy punchlines – emphasis on the punch
Owl and Pussycat author Edward Lear’s no-nonsense talent for capturing the moment in drawings
An exhibition of sketches by the English author and illustrator reveals his artistic skills and life as ‘something of a sad clown’
On my radar: Bolu Babalola’s cultural highlights
The novelist and comedy writer on her song of the summer, her new favourite sitcom and the brilliance of director Lynette Linton
Dredd zone: the anarchic world of comic-book artist Steve Dillon
His groundbreaking work on such seminal characters as Judge Dredd, Preacher and Punisher is being celebrated with a posthumous show of his remarkable legacy
The girl power trio of Von King Park: Amy Touchette’s best photograph
‘I love the way these three Brooklyn girls are staring down the camera. They look like they’re going to turn into really strong women’