Consumer demand shows we want to be better at recycling. We worry about plastic and anguish over what goes in which bin. But how effective is it?

Ghost Wall is a masterful piece of writing exploring family, sexuality and history

Extracts from memoirs and diaries

Plus big ideas for improving the world in Future Perfect

Her new novel Unsheltered stands up for decency in the face of an indecent president— and asks tough questions about her country’s origins

Genetic determinism has never been less justified but it is pushing its way back onto the agenda

The Brexit referendum was so damaging that we should avoid holding another at all costs

Plus Andrea Levy's The Long Song on screen

Plus the documentary Capernaum about a Lebanese boy suing his parents

The challenge of writing about sport is that you have to adapt its language, which has become increasingly technical, jargony and numbers-driven