PRH owner Bertelsmann to buy Simon & Schuster in $2bn deal
German media firm, already owner of the giant Penguin Random House, says acquisition of another major publisher is ‘approvable’ within monopoly rules
News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger review – an insider’s appeal to sceptics
The former Guardian editor’s insights into journalism and how it must regain the public’s trust are perceptive and reflect a chaotic and messy business
Jan Morris, historian, travel writer and trans pioneer, dies aged 94
From her Everest scoop to her journey as a trans woman, the author’s authoritative voice and questioning mind found an eager audience
The War Against the BBC review – in defence of a national institution
Patrick Barwise and Peter York survey the forces threatening the future of Britain’s much-loved corporation
‘I feel joy’: how Bisha K Ali went from struggling standup to Marvel maestro
She was living on beans. Now she’s in LA writing Ms Marvel, the eagerly awaited TV series starring MCU’s first Muslim superhero. The writer talks about joyriding premiers and how to silence trolls
Bernard Dixon obituary
Editor of New Scientist who saw the magazine’s circulation double during his 10 years at the helm
Lionel Barber: ‘I enjoyed access to thugs and the very rich. It was my job to understand power’
The former FT editor is publishing his diaries, but despite his amazing access to the great and not so great, they are remarkable for what they omit
The Powerful and the Damned by Lionel Barber review – cosying up to power?
All too revealing of how the system works ... how the talented former chief of the FT, capitalism’s house journal, was in thrall to ‘movers and shakers’
Never-ending stories: from Bond to Galbraith, why is everything so long?
Films are bum-numbers, books are doorstoppers – even podcasts go on for hours. What’s behind the rise of cultural epics – and is it time someone gave them a trim?
Reni Eddo-Lodge demands apology from Spectator over segregation comments
Bestselling author has lodged complaint with Ipso after the magazine refused to apologise for printing remarks made by junior equalities minister Kemi Badenoch
What now for the BBC?
Charles Moore may be out of the picture, but the intensified attacks against the corporation are real, and its chief enemy is the government. It’s time to explode the myths
A Very Stable Genius? No, a narcissist and a racist – a portrait of Trump from a vast library of books
Wade through the vast tomes of books written about the president over the last four years and a horrifying picture emerges
Runners and writers: who got what in the birthday honours list
Names from across the arts, sport, politics and science are among those recognised
From standup to stanzas: Frank Skinner’s terrific guide to poetry
The comedian’s new podcast is bursting with enthusiasm for poems. If standup forces him to be funny, here he forces himself to be true
Sir Peregrine Worsthorne obituary
Editor of the Sunday Telegraph, author and contrarian columnist who was one of the last high Tory commentators