A Short History of British Architecture by Simon Jenkins review – Doric columns and grand designs: the greatest hits

In a book of two halves, Jenkins seeks to educate readers in the ‘language’ of style as well as offer a polemic on the ravages visited upon our cities by modernist planners

A twisted tale of strange sisters: Hervé Guibert’s photographs of his reclusive great-aunts in 1970s Paris

The late French writer and artist convinced his eccentric relatives to star in a gothic photo novel which is finally being published in English following renewed interest in his work

Kate Hepburn obituary

Designer and artist who worked for Spare Rib, the Monty Python team and Pink Floyd

Max Dupain: A Portrait by Helen Ennis review – the man who took Australia’s most famous photo

In this very readable and moving biography, the Sunbaker photographer comes across as someone who spoke against his myth – but also traded on it until the end

Emma Calder obituary

Animator and illustrator whose film Beware of Trains led to a retrospective of her work in Austria in 2023

Joseph Rykwert obituary

Architectural writer who believed that buildings not be considered in isolation but as part of the fabric of a city

‘A vivid distillation of a deeply fractured country’: a history of the United States in nine photographs

As a landmark book, Magnum America, is released, we chart pivotal moments for the ​U​S via key images from the past 90 years​

‘They remind me there’s a life after cancer’: how paintings in NHS hospitals help patients feel better

Feedback on the benefits of displaying pictures on wards, now gathered in a new book, is backed by scientific studies

On my radar: Noreen Masud’s cultural highlights

The writer and academic on stories and poetry from Gaza, an exhibition of friendship, and the cat rescue website she prefers to dating apps

‘I was high, drawing my self-portrait in a toaster’: the thrilling return of graphic novelist Charles Burns

The comics artist’s book Black Hole made him a cult hero, revered for his horror-tinged tales of US teens. He talks about the memory that broke chronic writer’s block – and why his books haven’t been filmed

October design news: a teeny tiny toffee, rag rugs and $1 watches

Sculptors take part in the 10gram Challenge, arty Instagram and creative director Ramdane Touhami’s textiles

Tove Jansson murals, with hidden Moomins, seen for first time in Helsinki show

Paradise exhibition focuses on public works for factory walls, hospitals and nurseries – long before Moominmania took hold

On my radar: Jacques Audiard’s cultural highlights

The film director on the music he works to, educating himself via podcasts, and why the Paris Olympics was a pleasant surprise

Where punk meets Catholicism: Andrea Modica’s portraits of 1980s schoolgirls

While a photography student at Yale, Modica visited her old school and found the captivating subject she’d been looking for: teens whose big hair, eyeliner and rolled-up skirts still radiate personality decades later

The big picture: Dolorès Marat’s Paris, city of intrigue

The French photographer’s painterly portrait of a woman in a metro station hints at the unknowableness of everyday urban life