Ennui will rock you: books, games and more for getting through burnout
From Death in Venice to virtual husbandry in Stardew Valley, Guardian critics suggest culture to help cope with exhaustion
Show me the happy: art, theatre and music that celebrates Black joy
From lovers at Pride to side-splitting comedy to a rallying rap, our critics rejoice in a variety of joyful Black art
On my radar: Damon Albarn’s cultural highlights
The musician and composer on a magical performance by Udo Kier, a west African drumming app and where to find a taste of Palestine
‘We must tell our stories’: Lenny Henry introduces a Black British culture takeover
Across the arts, Black British artists are making their voices heard. To mark the moment, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder have guest-edited the Saturday magazine’s culture section
The Guardian view on habits: a pandemic of lost routines
Editorial: Never before have our daily routines been so comprehensively cancelled. But we need good habits and must rebuild them
Franz Kafka drawings reveal ‘sunny’ side to bleak Bohemian novelist
Surreal drawings by author of The Trial – which he demanded be burnt after his death – to be published
‘Joyously subversive sex goddesses’: the artists who gave witches a spellbinding makeover
Thousands of women were slain after being accused of witchcraft. Don’t they deserve more than the evil cackling hag stereotype? A powerful new book blows away the satanic baby-eating myths
How our art critic ended up in the Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules – review
From Viz to the fourth plinth to David Bowie, the perennially upstart comic’s influence rampages on – and even our own Adrian Searle can’t get off scot-free
He’s a poet and the FBI know it: how John Giorno’s Dial-a-Poem alarmed the Feds
After receiving hundreds of thousands of calls, the poet’s project almost broke the New York telephone exchange – leading to an FBI investigation. Will it cause similar chaos in the Instapoet era?
On my radar: Courttia Newland’s cultural highlights
The novelist and playwright on Thundercat’s bass genius, an insight-filled black history exhibition and the colourful ceramics of Lubna Chowdhary
Enniskillen mounts Oscar Wilde tribute with flight of gold-leaf swallows
Installation inspired by The Happy Prince will be accompanied by similar celebration of Samuel Beckett, who like Wilde was educated in the town
The Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2021 – enter now!
The annual award for aspiring cartoonists offers the chance to be published in the Observer and win a cheque for £1,000, with past winners going on to land film and book deals
On my radar: Edmund de Waal’s cultural highlights
The ceramicist and writer on the poetry of Louise Glück, the music of Max Richter and the best secret meeting spot in London
Cultural prescription: film, books, plays and more to help you embrace autumn
From A Midsummer Night’s Dream to When Harry Met Sally, Guardian critics suggest comforting culture for the changing seasons
Mel Gooding obituary
Writer on art who undertook interviews for the Artists’ Lives oral history project at the British Library