This week, Marina Hyde on the plight of a constantly aggrieved, and very particular, subsection of male “celebrity” (1m28s); Zoe Williams asks, why has Britain fallen in love with Botox? (8m38s); Gaby Hinsliff explores the big British Burnout (24m42s); and Ellen E Jones meets Oscar-winning actor Violas Davis to talk about her new film, The Woman King (40m12s).

This week, Marina Hyde picks over the rubble of this week’s decision-making by the Tories (1m25s), Sean Ingle delves into the wild world of chess (10m52s), and Tom Lamont sits down with comedian, writer and actor Lenny Henry (25m57s).

This week, columnist Marina Hyde examines how Kwasi Kwarteng responds to the chaos he creates (1:22), Aimee Levitt investigates why Americans like adding pumpkin spice to things (8:08), Emine Saner interviews Jayde Adams about her hopes for Strictly Come Dancing (19:00), and Will Coldwell looks back at the business of the smiley symbol (34:38)

This week, columnist Zoe Williams on the curious political role of the ‘First Bloke’, writer Tom Lamont meets the Oscar-winning actor and all-round ‘dude’ Jeff Bridges, and finally, journalist Bronwyn Adcock gains a little insight from a radical Buddhist nun on the secret to happiness.

In this new six-episode podcast, Guardian journalist Sirin Kale investigates the story of a cyberstalker who terrified people in his hometown and beyond for over a decade. Episode one begins in his hometown, Northwich, where Sirin meets some of his earliest victims - Andrea Yuile, Amber and Amy Bailey. They tell us how he infiltrated their lives and talk about the horrendous fallout of what he did

This week, columnist Marina Hyde on heckling the royal family and the fallacy of ‘free speech’, fashion editor Jess Cartner-Morley talks to Willow Smith about her complicated relationship with the limelight, film critic Peter Bradshaw reviews the many fictional iterations of the Queen, and, finally, writer Niloufar Haidari on why Kourtney Kardashian’s new sustainable fashion line will do far more harm than good.

This week, Yvonne Roberts on the importance of small talk, Emine Saner meets Nickelodeon actor Jennette McCurdy to discuss her explosive new memoir, and Hadley Freeman has an out of body experience with shoe designer-turned-psychedelic-guide Patrick Cox.

The Queen has died aged 96 at her Scottish home of Balmoral. In this episode of our Today in Focus podcast, Polly Toynbee joins Nosheen Iqbal to look back on her life

This week, Sirin Kale meets former Tory MP and hit podcaster Rory Stewart, columnist Eva Wiseman counts the clinical cost of heartbreak, and Ryan Gilbey sits down with the queen of Blaxploitation Pam Grier.

This week, columnist Marina Hyde asks why all the blame for the sewage dumping scandal is pointed towards politicians and not the water company bosses, writer Sam Parker on the Gen Z entrepreneurs who are turning their backs on office nine to fives and turning their personal passions into full-time jobs, historian Lucy Worsley on whether best-selling author, Agatha Christie, really did go into hiding to frame her husband for murder, and finally, neuroscientist and psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett asks: can we really tell what animals are feeling, or are we merely projecting?