The former editor tells of his dealings with Julian Assange and Edward Snowden

An ambitious novel, Middle England is let down by its treatment of Brexit, says Ian Sansom

The novel, set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, sets the reader on edge

Plus Latvian violinist Baibe Skride in Belfast

But we could develop a renewed humanism

Plus Norman Ackroyd at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Plus the wryly comic Japanese film Shoplifters

Plus Tony Kushner's Caroline, or Change

It is tragic that when it matters, Lieutenant Kerry’s voice always seems to be usurped by Candidate Kerry’s

Robert Plomin's Blueprint argues—correctly—that genes have a profound effect on human traits from intelligence to mental health. But what happens in our lives matters, too