Fashion’s Faustian pact: the high cost of Jeff Bezos’s Met Gala patronage
Billionaire’s role as honorary chair and main source of funding has led to boycotts and criticism event has lost its cachet
‘Time the rest of us stepped up’: terror survivors’ group writes letter in support of UK Jews
Letter coordinated by Survivors Against Terror, which includes bereaved relatives, after spate of attacks on Jewish community
Our Land review – right-to-roam campaigners offer bacchanalian antics and a heartfelt message
Orban Wallace’s documentary avoids big clashes between landowners and campaigners in favour of wide-ranging exploration
Can Indiana lawmakers win after defying the president’s vote?
Seven Republican state senators battle for re-election against candidates backed by Donald Trump
The day had come to scatter my mum’s ashes. What could possibly go wrong?
I thought the ceremony, at my mother’s cottage, would pass without a hitch. I don’t think she’d have been impressed by what followed, writes Zoe Williams
‘He played with language better than anybody’: Terry Gilliam and John Boorman on Tom Stoppard
Two film-makers who worked with the late playwright recall a man of extraordinary wit, endless invention and innate elegance
To give young people wings: The Lost Words duo reunite for book of birds
Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane give the Guardian exclusive extracts as they aim to open eyes to the wonder of Britain’s declining and endangered species
Welcome to Anxietyland: I used alcohol to hide my fear – but booze became a very bad friend
Gemma Correll has suffered from anxiety and depression disorders since childhood, and at 16 she discovered a magical elixir that promised to make her feel better. In this extract from her new book, she shows how that promise was broken
‘I was mortally offended’: writers on the throwaway comments that changed their lives
Can a sentence affect the course of your life? Five authors reveal the interactions that transformed the way they saw themselves – and the world
How to make the perfect Spanish broad bean stew – recipe
This simple Spanish classic will convince even staunch fava-phobics to give beans a chance
Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away
On ‘Star Wars day’, researchers more than double the number of potential known ‘circumbinary’ planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker
What does the Zoological Society of London do? After 200 years, the answer is still ‘everything’
The ZSL has fascinated me since childhood – and the world since 1826, says cartoonist Martin Rowson
Do the British left’s hopes lie with the Greens, Labour or even Your Party? The answer could be all three
No single organisation can deliver the change that socialists want. As Nigel Farage has shown, politics has to be ruthlessly tactical, says political writer and podcaster Joe Todd
Country diary: A butterfly haven of orange tips and holly blues
Powerstock Common, Dorset: I’m hopeful that the mixed habitats here and bright weather will bring them out in their droves – and I’m not disappointed
Willy’s, Margate, Kent: ‘It chortles in the face of small plates’ – restaurant review
This cute and jovial eatery is reason enough to make a break for the coast