Mandela’s relatives to visit prisoners as part of Edinburgh book festival
Zindzi Mandela and her grandchildren will hold private reading at Shotts prison
Marian Keyes attacks ‘sexist imbalance’ of Wodehouse prize
Novelist admits to ‘grudge’ against comic fiction prize that has never shortlisted her work, and only gone to a woman three times in 18 years
24-hour news has cut politicians’ shelf life, says Gordon Brown
Former PM says politicians now get about six years at the top, because voters get bored
Books to give us hope: Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson, Rose McGowan and more share their picks
This week at Hay festival, writers, artists and thinkers have been discussing the world we live in today. How do we stay positive and fight for change? Here they reveal the books that give them hope
Even the elephants gave Gavin Williamson the cold shoulder
Also this week, David Davis gets lost at a festival and Roseanne Barr’s racist tweets
Jilly Cooper: modern men have beards and cry all the time
Author tells Hay festival of phenomenon of ‘married men wanting to have gay affairs’
Germaine Greer’s comments on rape are dangerous and damaging
The difficulty of prosecuting rape cases is notorious. The feminist’s suggestion that we give up trying is disturbing, says Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project
Teenagers’ brains not ready for GCSEs, says neuroscientist
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore opposes timing of exams in a period of major cognitive change
The Handmaid’s Tale: Margaret Atwood tells fans to chill out
Author of dystopian novel admits she has no control over the TV series – but that’s OK
Judith Kerr: the only exam I’ve ever failed? Book illustration
At Hay literary festival, artist and author, 94, reveals added hurdles she faced as a refugee
British ‘linguaphobia’ has deepened since Brexit vote, say experts
New research shows teachers reporting that the vote to leave the EU has hardened monolingual attitudes
Andrew Davies to defend John Updike with Rabbit TV series
TV writer tells Hay festival he aims to ‘wipe out’ idea Updike was a misogynist
Asako I & II review – Japanese romcom flips the gaze to tell the same old story
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s earnest romance switches things up by having a woman obsessed with a man’s beauty and then falling for his double
Leave No Trace review – deeply intelligent story of love and survival in the wild
Debra Granik’s complex study of an army vet and his daughter living in a vast public park is the film Captain Fantastic should have been
Wildlife review – director Paul Dano luxuriously evokes smalltown woes
Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal’s marriage capsizes in 50s Montana in an impressive directorial debut by Dano, based on the Richard Ford novel