Brooklyn producers: ‘A lot of the untold stories are female’

Two-woman team discuss gender-skewed Hollywood and retelling Irish immigrant experience through female eyes

Libreria bookshop: where literature and lattes don’t mix

Libreria is a new London bookshop dreamed up by former Downing Street policymaker turned tech entrepreneur Rohan Silva. Just don’t expect coffee and Wi-Fi…

Originals by Adam Grant; The End of Average by Todd Rose review – how to innovate and excel

Two US academics debunk common assumptions about potential and success

Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers by Frank Trentmann review – buying into the material world

Our role as obedient customers is scrutinised in a 600-year history of global economics

As The 5th Wave flounders at the global box office, YA sci-fi faces endgame

Search for successor to The Hunger Games continues, with latest YA franchise’s making weak start, while Daddy’s Home hints at global expansion for comedy star Will Ferrell

Dylan Thomas copyright claims thrown out by Irish court

Man suffers double blow after suing Welsh government over use of historic images and bringing libel case against photographer’s 93-year-old widow

JP Morgan’s threat to leave if UK quits EU may bolster support for Brexit

British voters do not have much affection for investment bankers – many will see vague threats to go elsewhere as arrogant

Keep Calm and Carry On – the sinister message behind the slogan that seduced the nation

It is on posters, mugs, tea towels and in headlines. Harking back to a ‘blitz spirit’ and an age of public service, ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ has become ubiquitous. How did a cosy, middle-class joke assume darker connotations?

2015 newsmaker: Murphy’s law – meet the man behind Corbynomics

Tax expert Richard Murphy, widely credited with inspiring Labour’s economic policy, explains why he’s not suited to being behind the scenes

Ernest Shackleton’s polar voyage to feature on Royal Mail stamps

Explorer’s Antarctic exploits, the Queen’s 90th birthday, Shakespeare and Agatha Christie to be commemorated in 2016

The superfan strikes back. Star Wars shows us where the creative force lies

George Lucas let go of his Star Wars baby and it’s back bigger and better than ever, with The Force Awakens. Shrewd minds stay open to outside ideas

Berlin film festival adds Midnight Special and Genius to lineup

Drama starring Michael Shannon drama as a dad on the run from extremists joins biopic of legendary editor Max Perkins, played by Colin Firth

Papa: film about Hemingway’s Havana years raises hope for Hollywood in Cuba

Biopic about American author’s life in Cuba makes history as first US production filmed on the island since 1960 trade embargo

Could online apps help save indie bookshops?

With fewer than 1,000 stores in the UK, a number of online initiatives are aiming to help shoppers find their way back to local independent bookshops

Capital gains: John Lanchester’s satire of London’s boom years is adapted for TV

When writing Capital, his novel set in a time of financial excess, Lanchester thought things couldn’t get any worse. But 10 years on, amid ever-rising house prices and continuing City scandals, he is dismayed to find they did