Annina van Neel's life is forever changed after encountering a vast burial ground - one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world
‘Why the silence? Why the inaction? It breaks my heart’
Malala and Jennifer Lawrence take on the Taliban
The Oscar-winner and the Nobel laureate have teamed up to make Bread & Roses, a new film about the abuse of women in Afghanistan. In an emotional interview, they warn that the west ignores its message at their peril
Television
Success of Fallout proves video game adaptations have gone mainstream
Zack Snyder’s bombastically fun sequel
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver review
Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer review
A moral vacuum laughing at his own jokes
Amor Towles
‘When I reread Ulysses I found it insufferable. Don’t @ me’
Week in geek
Can genre-buster Edgar Wright breathe new life into The Running Man?
My family’s past, and Germany’s, weighs heavily upon me. And it’s why I feel so strongly about Gaza
Eva Ladipo
I fear we are forgetting lessons from that terrible history, says writer Eva Ladipo
‘It taught me about brainwashing’
How reality show stars fell for a fake Prince Harry
A show in which women competed to date a royal lookalike was panned at the time as ‘fodder for the braindead’. But the contestants had been duped, as a new podcast reveals …
Explainer
What is bitcoin halving – and will it affect the price?
Crunching worms, squeaking voles, drumming ants
How scientists are learning to eavesdrop on the sounds of soil
Trial day three
A silent Trump glowers and stares in court
Death by diabetes
She was fired after not endorsing Splenda-filled salads to people with diabetes. Why?