In this week's episode of #YourHistory: the novelist Edna O'Brien who revolutionised Irish literature and the industrial designer Sir Kenneth Grange who changed the way we live. With thanks to Hannah Swerling and Damian Whitworth! Listen here: podfollow.com/your-history

Doing this interview with the Times was tough but cathartic. thetimes.com/uk/society/art…

Spoke to one of the greatest Olympians and the greatest of all sports analysts. Michael Johnson: ‘My biggest challenge? Overcoming my stroke’ thetimes.com/article/fac118…

Dwayne Fields on how the Scouts saved him after he was nearly shot thetimes.com/article/91cae9…

The comedian and former Strictly star Bill Bailey’s home is a sanctuary for wildlife- some of his ‘pets’ even laugh at his jokes | ✍️ Interviwed by Damian Whitworth Read the full interviw ⬇️ thetimes.com/life-style/cel…

What my son has taught me about kindness thetimes.com/article/907930…

It’s a little tense of course at Howard University where Kamala Harris is hosting her election night party, but one of her advance men, Bridger McGaw, a Star Wars fan, says “the Mandalorians are ready for whatever comes.”

My magical tour of Montenegro’s little-known ancient forests thetimes.com/article/0668df…

Talked to ⁦James Rebanks⁩ about farmers and inheritance tax and he was as nuanced as ever — it’s about much more than IHT. Rebanks: ‘The farming crisis? It’s much bigger than inheritance tax’ thetimes.com/article/d0d0ec…

Dr Chris van Tulleken: ‘We should treat food like we do tobacco’ thetimes.com/article/be48c3…

The ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ legend and doyen of Fleet Street investigative journalists ⁦Dominic Kennedy⁩ is saluted by ⁦Jeremy Griffin⁩ as he departs after 31 years of scoops

Gene Hackman on the Times Your History podcast.

Free to read this weekend Labour is in the pocket of Big Tech, says Mumsnet founder thetimes.com/article/7bb540…

Enjoyed reading this obituary, full of Cold War cat-and-mouse chasing, for the ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ Your History podcast

My lone battle to save Lake Windermere from sewage thetimes.com/article/aae18b…. ⁦MattStaniek⁩

We’re stunned at ⁦⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ at the death of our friend and former colleague, Andrew Norfolk. The finest journalist I ever worked with, whose investigations changed the law. Starmer leads tributes to Andrew Norfolk, who exposed grooming gangs thetimes.com/article/c589b0…

No tax, no crime, no free speech. So would you move to Dubai? thetimes.com/article/350a87…