Our writer suffered threats of violence and sustained abuse after writing about disability benefits. Here he reflects on the phenomenon of online hate campaigns

If a proper assessment by professionals could be carried out – not a questionnaire, just a doctor’s sense of the possible – then we might have fewer tragedies

Plus: The £25 view from the Shard’s highest levels tells a fraction of the capital’s story

In an increasingly crowded book market, this list of Who will be Who matters to readers because, on the whole, it has got things right.

The question has grown much more heated with the advent of the internet

The high street has been changing for a long time, but it's not too late to appreciate it again.

Plus: Why all the fuss about the Picturehouse buyout when our rich tapestry of cinemas is in tatters?

We like to think of ourselves as intensely engaged with history. If that's true, what happened to the British drama of political life? Also, the imperial legacy to gays

One student from England has already enrolled in an Indian university - and you can bet that many more will follow in future

The most extraordinary innovations in music may never be to the taste of millions, but they are nonetheless part of our collective imagination