Ronald Atkins obituary
Guardian jazz critic for over 30 years who also contributed widely to respected music books
Life and work of Thomas Hardy to be performed at Stonehenge
Readings and performances will be staged at the ‘misfortune of ruins’ that long fascinated the writer
Channing Tatum and Pedro Pascal write poems for Canadian musician Mustafa’s book
Actors contribute to the poet and singer’s anthology exploring ceremony, loss and worship
Post your questions for Cosey Fanni Tutti
As the Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey musician and writer releases new album 2t2, she will be answering your questions
Is Dua Lipa the best literary interviewer?
The Houdini singer’s online book club is already a hit. Now her interviews with Pulitzer prize-winning authors are gaining new fans
‘I’m burping? At least I didn’t fart!’ Ten things I’ve learned about ageing rockers
From Gene Simmons discussing lowgrade meatballs to Shaun Ryder comparing himself to Uncle Fester, Kate Mossman has spent her life interviewing rock stars of a certain age. What has she learned?
‘Music is never fixed in me’ … cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason on surviving a ‘volcano of racism’
A remark about Rule, Britannia! led to uproar but the star musician is concentrating on the joy and power of classical music. As his first book is published, he talks to Charlotte Higgins• Read an exclusive extract from Kanneh-Mason’s new book
‘As a film lover, I want more’: the Black female directors taking centre stage
The curator of the BFI’s Black Debutantes season on piracy, truncated careers and the frustrations of dealing with big studios
‘Beyoncé and Solange tell me off all the time’: Tina Knowles on raising superstars, surviving cancer and growing up under segregation
Pop’s top matriarch is finally getting the credit she’s due. She talks about her shock diagnosis, conspiracy theories about her family, and the Instagram posts that get her in trouble with her kids
Men of a Certain Age by Kate Mossman review – close encounters with charismatic male rockers
A journalist’s bracingly honest account of interviews with musicians from Brian May to Shaun Ryder
Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert review – how pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves
The Pulitzer-nominated journalist recounts how modern misogyny has been shaped by a mass culture attuned to male desire and all-pervasive pornography
On my radar: Romola Garai’s cultural highlights
The actor on her love of sad songs, history podcasts and cemeteries with mysterious gravestones
Johnny Green obituary
Other lives: Road manager for the Clash who wrote a book about his time with the punk band
‘His delivery cut through class barriers’: Moby, Mala and other musicians on working with Benjamin Zephaniah
On what would have been the late dub poet’s 67th birthday, his musical collaborators remember his warmth, invigorating words and reflections on the state of the world
‘I’d love Keanu to read it’: Ione Skye on bisexuality, infidelity and her wild tell-all memoir
The actor’s aptly named memoir Say Everything has been praised as raw, revealing, disarming and horny