Stephanie Grisham: Trump turncoat who may be most damaging yet
Former press secretary has decided to ‘break her silence’ but may find media less hospitable than to those who went before
‘Absolute beast’: critics go wild for No Time to Die, Daniel Craig’s last Bond film
Despite a few dissenting voices bemoaning a bloated plot, film reviewers largely agree that this is the 007 blockbuster to tempt audiences back into cinemas
Netflix acquires works of Roald Dahl as it escalates streaming wars
Content deal over author of children’s classics such as Matilda and The BFG is firm’s biggest to date
Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk to serialise new book on Substack
Newsletter platform pays upfront sum for Greener Pastures, with no strings attached over what he writes
What is Substack and why is it proving so popular?
Firm promotes itself as alternative to ‘journalistic totems of the last century’, which it says are dying
Peril review: Bob Woodward Trump trilogy ends on note of dire warning
Behind the headlines about Gen Milley, China and the threat of nuclear war lies a sobering read about democracy in danger
Top general feared Trump would launch nuclear war, Woodward book reports
General Milley worried about Trump’s ‘trigger point’ after the election and monitored him to prevent catastrophic military strike
Jonathan Mirsky obituary
Journalist and historian of China who went from admiring the regime to being one of its sternest critics
Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel review – a remarkable talent
An outsider perspective on the TV industry exposes its sexism, racism and complacency
Sarah Harding obituary
Girls Aloud singer who later wrote a memoir about her rackety life as a pop star and her cancer diagnosis
Michaela Coel: ‘Sometimes pain is something to be grateful for’
The actor, writer and creator of I May Destroy You, answers questions from famous fans and Observer readers
Joe Galloway obituary
American journalist who covered the Vietnam war and was known as the ‘soldier’s reporter’
Queen of Denmark hired as set designer on new Netflix film
Queen Margrethe II, the reigning Danish monarch, will add an adaptation of Karen Blixen’s fantasy novel Ehrengard to her two previous screen credits
Beyond normal: new novel brings Sally Rooney mania to bookshops across UK
Many shops plan to open early for the arrival of Sally Rooney’s latest novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You next month
Fran Lebowitz: ‘If people disagree with me, so what?’
With a hit Netflix series and The Fran Lebowitz Reader now published in the UK, the American wit talks about failing to write, her dislike of Andy Warhol and her best friend Toni Morrison