Dame Jilly Cooper obituary
Author whose bestselling novels, including Riders and Rivals, were set deep in an English countryside where the natives pursued land, sports, and each other, with lust and gusto
Jamie Oliver and his wife pay themselves £2.5m as pre-tax profits slump
Celebrity chef’s media and restaurant empire sees fall in profits despite 6% rise in sales to £28.6m
David Hirst obituary
The Guardian’s Middle East correspondent for four decades whose articles were key to understanding the region’s turmoil
Six great reads: rebels in Nazi Germany, how creativity works and Europe’s biggest pornography conference
Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days
How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg review – spinning Silicon Valley
Instead of recognising that social media harms mental health and democracy, the former deputy PM and Meta executive repeats company talking points
Cod digits and striped equids: new book celebrates media staple ‘the second mention’
Married monographers have collated sometimes absurd word choices through which journalists avoid repetition
Brian Davis obituary
Other lives: Journalist who was launch editor of the Brentwood Argus in 1968
‘Take that risk’: the New Zealand teen author named one of Time magazine’s girls of the year
Rutendo Shadaya, who wrote a series of children’s fantasy books featuring strong female leads, has been recognised along with nine other girls
Joanna Lyall obituary
Other lives: Journalist committed to helping people with cancer make informed decisions about their care
The mushroom murders resemble an Agatha Christie plot – and film studios, publishers and streaming platforms know it
Erin Patterson’s three murders and homemade beef wellington laced with death caps have created an international media maelstrom
Sandy Gall obituary
Veteran foreign correspondent and broadcaster who reported from all over the world for 60 years
Group of high-profile authors sue Microsoft over use of their books in AI training
Writers alleged that company used nearly 200,000 pirated books to train its Megatron artificial intelligence
Frederick Forsyth obituary
Foreign correspondent who went on to become a hugely successful thriller writer best known for The Day of the Jackal
‘No smartphones before 14; no social media until 16’: The Anxious Generation author on how to fight back against big tech
One year on, Jonathan Haidt talks about the way his book changed the global conversation around children and digital devices – and explains how he handles his own teenagers
I thought it was being gay that made my life so difficult. Then, at 50, I got an eye-opening diagnosis …
I spent far too many years lonely and angry, thanks to schoolmates who called me ‘weird’ and bosses who dismissed me as ‘hysterical’. But was it my sexuality that put their backs up – or the autism I am still coming to terms with?