This much I know: Mark Gatiss, 58. The actor on losing his parents, finding his husband and putting the milk in first. Read more:

Nigel Slater’s midweek dinner: whipped smoked cod’s roe. A quick, flavoursome dip for your favourite breads and veg. Read more:

Wimbledon’s expansion meets its match. The club’s expansion has its challengers, among them a centenarian determined to save the park. Read more:.

Eva Wiseman: My dysfunctional relationship with my financial advisor. Is it anxiety about the state of your finances… or could it be ‘money dysmorphia’?. Read more:

‘I love plants, but didn’t want to spend the night in a garden centre’. Charlotte Mendelson found empty baskets, downed secateurs, and not another living soul. Read more:

‘Enduring the heatwave is an Irishman's purgatory’. Séamas O’Reilly plays it for laughs, but his sweating hatred for the heat is completely sincere. Read his latest column now:

‘Monetised standing’: the art of being a film extra. What skill does it take to be a background actor? A journalist finds out. Read more:

‘My Al-Anon sponsor turned on me’. When a writer's sponsor adopted conspiracy theories, she had to make a hard decision. Read more:

How George Platt Lynes shaped queer photography. Seventy years after his death, the larger-than-life American photographer – who gave an intimate glimpse into New York’s gay scene in the 1930s and 40s – is finally undergoing a reappraisal. Read more:

I didn't know I had ‘skin hunger’. Then I attended a cuddle workshop. ‘Skin hunger’ is a sensation felt from a lack of physical contact. But platonic touch is not an easy need to get met…. Read more:

This much I know: Kae Tempest, 39. The poet and musician, talks about the power of music, gender dysphoria and Passover at his nan’s. Read more:

The case for… Celebrity wall calendars. Once upon a time in the west, we banished our gods, because we didn’t know we needed them. An act of self-violence. Now we’re left wondering, ‘Is this all there is?’ It can’t be… because guess who’s back?. Read:

Nigel Slater’s midweek treat: gooseberry almond pudding. "One of the few hot puddings I make during the summer months.". Read more:

Baby it‘s you: tales of motherhood in four countries. How does it feel to parent in Kenya, Japan, Finland and the US? Four women share the highs – and lows – of becoming a mother.

Reliving my youth with old friends. A reunion weekend with two old friends was meant to be a child-free zone, but actually we found ourselves missing the kids.

‘People can change their minds’: the creationist who became an evolutionary biologist. Ella Al-Shamahi is the erudite presenter of a breathtaking new series about our 300,000-year history. But her own evolution story isn’t short of drama either….

Nigel Slater’s kitchen diary: gherkins and gooseberries add a tangy kick.

A-listers applaud Jonathan Anderson as he makes his triumphant Dior debut. The first designer to head the fashion house’s menswear, womenswear and haute couture brought his signature subverted spin to the 78-year-old brand.

‘Sports day had been delightful up to the point the parents had to race…’. As we lined up at the starting line at my daughter’s nursery school sports day, little did I know that I was on the brink of victory.

‘Have you seen my hair? Nothing pecky with claws flies near me’. Birds had always been something of a mixed blessing for the writer, until a visit to Australia changed her mind.