Why are there so many Trump staff memoirs? The authors need to whitewash their reputations

Many of those who worked in the Trump White House switched allegiance as soon as this was expedient. Do they really need to foist their memories on the public?

Jonathan Mirsky obituary

Journalist and historian of China who went from admiring the regime to being one of its sternest critics

Margaret Hooks obituary

Foreign correspondent, human rights activist and author of acclaimed books on women and art

Rupert bare: how the Oz obscenity trial inspired a generation of protest art

When a lewd cartoon of Rupert Bear landed the editors of the 60s counterculture paper in court, David Hockney, John Lennon, Robert Crumb and more made some of their most urgent art in response

Twitter admits it verified fake account of author Cormac McCarthy

Reclusive US novelist’s agent confirms he did not share his opinions about kombucha and SoundCloud

How we made Viz: ‘We printed 150 copies for £42.52’

‘There were complaints that The Fat Slags stereotyped women as sex objects – but they were using their sexuality to get what they wanted, so it was quite the opposite’

Panic As Man Burns Crumpets by Roger Lytollis review – the death of local news, read all about it

A former reporter writes with clarity and poignancy about the privilege of telling people’s stories and the managed decline of local journalism

RIP Janet Malcolm, America’s finest nonfiction writer who detailed the failings of others alongside her own

The writer pioneered a superb, layered style in a series of classic books

Janet Malcolm, author of The Journalist and the Murderer, dies aged 86

New Yorker writer, whose scepticism about her trade brought her both praise and blame, was also famed for studies of psychoanalysis and Sylvia Plath

MailOnline mocked for suggesting Didsbury is ‘no go’ area for white people

Inclusion of affluent, mainly white Manchester suburb in list of Muslim-dominated towns derided by locals

‘If publishers become afraid, we’re in trouble’: publishing’s cancel culture debate boils over

Publishing staff, in rows over authors from Mike Pence to Woody Allen, are voicing their reluctance to work on books they deem hateful. But is this really ‘younger refuseniks’, or a much older debate?

‘I’m still alive’: Gomorrah author hails court victory over mafia threats

Roberto Saviano says that a court has shown that the crime clans – whose threats forced him to live with a bodyguard – are not invincible

David Foot obituary

Outstanding cricket writer and biographer whose work graced the pages of the Guardian for 40 years

If you enjoyed that, you will like this: but can we break free from the algorithms’ grip?

Two new subscription services are aiming to break the grip of algorithms on our cultural habits and create serendipity

‘The man was obviously a crook’: the decline and fall of Robert Maxwell

Robert Maxwell and Rupert Murdoch were once the two biggest power brokers in British politics. But their fierce rivalry paved the way for Maxwell’s demise