Brighton review – Steven Berkoff’s dated seaside satire is a washout

Two middle-aged couples take a profanity-laden daytrip to the city where they met – but who exactly is this film for?

Chefs lament the demise of food bible that made postwar British life better

Anger and sadness as Waitrose closes The Good Food Guide, the gourmet restaurant-goer’s friend for the past 70 years

An exquisite new exhibition brings home my long obsession with Iran

Not even the sight of Oliver Dowden could dim my excitement at the V&A’s latest triumph

His fair lady: how George Bernard Shaw’s wife played a vital role in his masterworks

Charlotte’s influence has been downplayed, says a new book on how women are written out of history

‘I wanted young people to see my journey’: Obama to Rashford on Zoom

Former US president and England footballer discuss activism and inspiring others to create change

‘Priceless’ Brontë manuscripts could be lost to private buyer, warn experts

Historic holdings including handwritten poems by Emily Brontë are set to be auctioned by Sotheby’s, but MPs are being urged to save them for the public

English dictionary of ancient Greek ‘spares no blushes’ with fresh look at crudity

Words Victorian-era Greek lexicon translated as ‘to wench’ or ‘do one’s need’ have been given much earthier new readings at Cambridge for modern students of classics

Was Diana ‘inveigled’ into the BBC Panorama interview?

This week, minister Robert Buckland used the word to describe Martin Bashir’s interview – and the royal family do have a long history of being ‘blinded’ by others

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Patrice Lawrence win Jhalak prizes for writers of colour

Makumbi wins book of the year for her novel The First Woman, while Lawrence takes inaugural children’s books prize for Eight Pieces of Silva

Emily Brontë’s handwritten poems are highlight of ‘lost library’ auction

Collection of rare books and manuscripts first assembled by Charlotte Brontë’s widower has been out of public view for nearly a century

Spy who got the cold shoulder: how the west abandoned its star defector

Michal Goleniewski exposed Soviet agents in the UK, but the CIA airbrushed him from history, says author

There’s nothing guilty about the pleasure I get from TV shows by women, for women

Male reactions to Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit Of Love aren’t just about sexism. They’re also about fear

‘I wasn’t bold enough’: Ed Miliband on losing, leading and the future of Labour

The former Labour leader has always been big on ideas, but never had the chance to put them into practice. He talks about his new vision for politics

Ed Miliband: I was 50 when I finally mastered the art of riding a bike

Former Labour leader says he had been ‘very nervous’ before an electric bicycle made him a convert

Michael Rosen condemns ‘loathsome and antisemitic’ manipulated image

Northumbria University is investigating one of its staff for sharing a doctored image of Jeremy Corbyn reading an antisemitic text, placed over Rosen’s We’re Going on a Bear Hunt