Behold Waterstones Dad – and hurrah for Britain’s new demographic stereotype

The latest slicing of social segments is a floating voter and a welcome addition to the merry-go-round of political life, writes Andrew Anthony

‘I have overwhelming impostor syndrome’: TV judge Rob Rinder on empathy, shame and survival

He grew up gay in a working-class community, before becoming a criminal barrister, then moving into television. Now he has written his first novel

David Bickford describes his posting to Berlin in 1979 and says his second book, Katya, draws on his experiences

Children’s books featuring protagonists who are autistic or have ADHD are going to the highest bidder

Fallout from Covid crisis has left event struggling financially after last year’s ‘traumatic’ fall in sales

Alliance for Responsible Citizenship includes prominent Brexit voices and Bjørn Lomborg, who has questioned the urgency of the climate crisis

Musician restores 250-year-old instrument of writer’s cousin, who is said to have inspired Mansfield Park character Mary Crawford

Writer of Empireland, which examined Britain’s imperial past, says culture war-fuelled online trolling and heckling ‘gets to you’

Moving retelling of Sancho’s life by actor Paterson Joseph awarded prestigious Christopher Bland prize

Research into folklore of Transylvania by 19th-century writer Emily Gerard directly inspired author of famous novel

The winner will receive £1,000, and have their story featured on the Guardian website

Only one in three UK children now enjoy writing in their free time – including text messages – with those on free school meals most likely to do so

Former children’s laureate tells Hay festival audience that her local library was essential to her career as a writer

Police inform Angel Mhande’s family of threat after her call for novel to be dropped from GCSE course

Hugely successful adaptation of dystopian novel began airing three months after 2016 US presidential election