Lost GK Chesterton essay about detective stories published for first time
Unpublished essay linked to author’s membership of ‘secret society of mystery writers’ to be printed in Strand Magazine
Tony Soper obituary
Television presenter and writer who came up with the idea of a BBC natural history unit and led cruises to polar regions
TikTok meets Tolkien: how the Folio Society attracted gen Z readers
The publishing house is booming thanks to sci-fi and fantasy novels – and a love of artisanal editions
Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that
Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh
Generation Kill author Evan Wright dies aged 59
Journalist whose book about US marines in Iraq was adapted into acclaimed HBO series killed himself on Friday
Billie Eilish latest star to read CBeebies bedtime story
Oscar-winning singer chooses book by Oliver Jeffers that highlights importance of protecting nature
Ruth Westheimer obituary
American therapist, author and broadcaster known as Dr Ruth who talked openly about sex on her radio and TV shows
Magazine guru Lindsay Nicholson’s life of turmoil: ‘I could see this world I’d created was crumbling’
In her gripping new memoir, the former Good Housekeeping editor describes the car crash that forced her to confront past tragedy as well as the upheavals that followed – leading to her third act
All the Worst Humans by Phil Elwood review – confessions of a cleanup man
A former PR looks back on a career spent whitewashing ‘foreign baddies’
Derek Birdsall obituary
Graphic designer and typographer who was the art director of Nova and the Independent magazine
Joe Joyce obituary
Award-winning journalist who worked for the Irish Times and the Guardian and co-wrote a bestseller on the scandal-prone taoiseach Charles Haughey
Peter Trollope obituary
Other lives: Journalist, TV producer and biographical researcher of fierce intelligence and bone-dry wit
These Foolish Things: A Memoir by Dylan Jones review – stars in his eyes
The former GQ editor’s memoir is a ‘precarious balancing act’, revealing parental abuse while emphasising his celebrity-heavy career
‘They didn’t dwell on it – they felt so many had suffered more’: Mishal Husain on her family history and the partition of India
In her new book, written around 3am starts for Radio 4’s Today, the BBC presenter turns her gaze from the daily grind of British politics to her grandparents’ lucky escape
Terry Coleman obituary
Guardian journalist of the 1970s and 80s who dispensed with deference towards the famous to make each interview an event