Flyer beware
The customer isn’t right at 40,000ft
As a United Airlines passenger discovered, carriers have extraordinary powers – including the right to stop you travelling by almost any means
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Understanding North Korea
It’s time to stop calling it crazy
The world knows little about the palace politics in North Korea, the world’s most opaque country. Yet it seems like Kim is acting intelligently
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Mission implausible
The 17 worst things about video games
From unskippable cut scenes to escort missions, here are the video game features we would like to see banished to digital purgatory
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The new age of Ayn Rand
How she won over Trump and Silicon Valley
The author of The Fountainhead has long been the darling of the US right. But only now do her devotees hold sway around the world
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'God, I'm so fat'
What women mean when they say it
Women mean many things when they mention they are unhappy with their weight – many of which aren’t related to their bodies at all
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Has pop run out of tunes?
Ed Sheeran has reached a £16m settlement over his song Photograph in the latest claim over pop plagiarism. So are songwriters out of ideas?
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The death of diesel
Has it become the new asbestos?
Diesel was the dream fuel, promoted by governments and the car industry as a cheaper way to save the planet. Then the cracks started to appear
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One woman versus the world
The shot of Saffiyah Khan calmly staring down an EDL demonstrator in Birmingham became instantly famous. Why are images like these so transfixing?
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‘The stuff of therapy’
Jay Rayner reviews Le Cinq, Paris
It was supposed to be a joyous trip to one of France’s famous gastro palaces – what could possibly go wrong?
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