Remembering Stephen Hawking
A brief history of A Brief History of Time
The world said goodbye this week to the cosmologist Prof Stephen Hawking, who died aged 76. Here, his editor recalls his first meetings with Hawking and how his book became a bestseller
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Dirty business
How the most vulnerable workers are targeted for sexual abuse
Isolated, unprotected and scared to speak out – some workers are particularly vulnerable to harassment. Bernice Young meets the people who uncover cases of sexual assault no one else is looking for
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Houses of horror
How edgy urban apartments turned into a nightmare
Marketed with great fanfare by top UK politicians, a string of buyer-funded developments in Liverpool and Manchester were snapped up by investors. Then the dominoes began to fall
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Principles of a good life
‘I have prostate cancer. But I am happy’
The Guardian columnist George Monbiot writes about facing up to his diagnosis and how he is keeping himself from despair
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Super Trooper
‘I’m very direct, I can’t lie’
John Boyega shook up Star Wars as its first black stormtrooper and hasn’t looked back since. He talked to Simon Hattenstone about facing down bullies and not being nicey-nice
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Not with the band
Will #MeToo kill off the rock’n’roll groupie?
Male rock stars of the 1970s and 80s were often notorious for sleeping with young female fans. Now women are starting to see those encounters in a very different light
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Wealth of knowledge
Meet the tutors of the ultrarich
With salaries of up to £180,000, teaching the offspring of the extremely wealthy can be lucrative. But there are downsides to working with students who think money can solve any problem
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'I had a date with a serial killer'
One woman’s narrow escape when she was an aspiring journalist
Lorraine Murphy recounts meeting a ‘creepy farmer’ in 1990. Fourteen years later, she recognised him on TV after he was arrested on multiple counts of murder
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Good for the soul, good for your wallet
The best food you can buy for a fiver (or less!)
Top chefs and food experts from around the UK told us about the best meal or snack you can buy for £5 or less.
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