Jonathan Steinberg obituary
Historian whose work Bismarck: A Life is considered the best study of its subject in the English language
Jane Monckton Smith: ‘Domestic abuse isn’t a row. It’s when one person has become a threat to another’
The author and professor of public protection on the red flags of coercive control and how courts should change to give abuse victims an equal voice
It’s never too late: elderly high-achievers
Joe Biden may have become US president at 78, but imagine becoming a comedian at 89 or writing your first book at 94. We talk to six senior high-flyers…
‘Put down our chisels and pick up our watering cans’: how to raise girls in a challenging world
Appearing at Guardian Australia’s Zoom book club, authors Kasey Edwards and Madonna King shared their research and wisdom with Lucy Clark
Byron Criddle obituary
Other lives: Academic political scientist who produced works on 20th-century French and British politics
What speed reading has taught me about taking my time
I wish I could whip through books, but slow reading can be good too. Try reading The Wind in the Willows at a snail’s pace to appreciate its mystery and beauty, writes Adrian Chiles
Birmingham library brings Shakespeare to life in dozens of languages
The largest Shakespeare collection in a public library is launching Everything to Everybody, with films and readings in most of the city’s 93 languages
Fears rise that Polish libel trial could threaten future Holocaust research
Case brought in wake of rightwing government criminalising blame of Polish nation for Nazi crimes could have implications for further research
‘Price gouging from Covid’: student ebooks costing up to 500% more than in print
Call for inquiry into academic publishers as locked-down students unable to access study material online
Drexciya: how Afrofuturism is inspiring calls for an ocean memorial to slavery
The alternative Black history of a deep-sea civilisation planted the seed for ideas on how to memorialise the 1.8 million Africans who died in the Atlantic
Phil Rogers obituary
Welsh studio potter, tutor and author in the anglo-oriental tradition whose work is found in museums worldwide
I was bored of chats about house prices and polyamory – but I had a secret plan for happiness
Desperate to regain my sense of wonder, I have spent 18 months learning about the world
Adam Kay: ‘We should talk to kids about sex and alcohol. Everything goes wrong when people close up’
The comedian, whose diaries of his years as a junior doctor became a bestseller, talks about the ‘astonishing’ efforts of the NHS in 2020, and his new guide to the body for children
‘It is never about him’: how Marcus Rashford became such a devastating activist
An injury set the England footballer on a mission to tackle inequalities he faced as a child
Milkman to Mark Twain: online exhibition celebrates telephones in literature
Crossed Lines connects with bookworms and technology buffs in era when phones central for communication