Delivery by skateboard? Coronavirus sees indie booksellers get inventive
As customers self-isolate, independent bookshops are set to take a hit – but many are offering storytime streams, discounts and even phone calls for the lonely
Fangs out: is Blumhouse the new Hammer Horror?
With the success of The Invisible Man, the independent studio behind Get Out plans to update further classic horror stories. Next up: Dracula
Top of the shops: how has Oxford Street survived the slow death of the high street?
It was the birthplace of the modern retail experience and is still one of the world’s most famous shopping destinations. But why, in an age of online retail, do shoppers still flock to it?
Jack Welch obituary
Chairman and chief executive of General Electric with a fearsome reputation who set the trend for ‘downsizing’
Thomas Piketty: Why France’s ‘rock star economist’ still wants to squeeze the rich
Promoting his new book, the Frenchman is happy to talk Marx and money, but less forthcoming about a domestic violence claim that has resurfaced
Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty review – if inequality is illegitimate, why not reduce it?
The celebrated French economist is back with an ambitious and optimistic work of social science, which argues that inequality always relies on ideology
Britain hit by serious case of the Brexit blues as wellbeing tumbles
It is seldom good news for governing parties when people start to feel gloomy
The Guardian view on Labour’s worker ownership plans: power to the people
Editorial: Labour can outflank the Tories by rethinking the firm and who controls its surplus rather than just nationalising it
Sabotage by Anastasia Nesvetailova and Ronen Palan review – the business of finance
Is financial malpractice an aberration or built into the system? This is enraging, essential reading
Warhammer TV series in pipeline as Games Workshop sales soar
Fantasy-figure seller’s shares hit record high as franchise goes from strength to strength
‘People are so happy we exist’: indie bookshops grow despite retail slump
After decades of decline, the sector has recorded three years of expansion. Some of the newest booksellers explain how they’re bucking the book market
Peter Wollen obituary
Film-maker and theorist whose groundbreaking textbook was instrumental in launching a new academic discipline
Book People goes into administration, with almost 400 jobs at risk
Online and pop-up bookseller will continue to trade and hopes to fulfil all orders
An Economic History of the English Garden by Roderick Floud review – finance and flowers
Adding up the cost of England’s gardens … from Capability Brown to geraniums and neat lawns in the suburbs
David Cardwell obituary
Other lives: Leader in brand licensing in the UK, whose work built on the childhood memories of generations