Our final weekend reading includes an interactive guide to the royal wedding and the truth about a painful condition affecting one in three women

This week’s talking points were the big money behind glasses, Childish Gambino’s cryptic new video and a heavenly Met Gala

Is an artist pulling our chain? How many panes and plants does to it take to make something ‘breathtakingly beautiful? And has wildlife photography been stuffed?

Was Queen Victoria a thief? How 25th amendment could be used to remove Trump, and no-stir risotto

This week we revealed how the cult of Jordan Belfort is gaining followers on Instagram, and from Beychella to Pulitzers we ask why it has taken so long for establishment recognition of black artists

This week we learned what’s in our Mr Kipling tarts and how Australia’s biggest city could face a radical change

This week, we revealed a secret media op authorised by a former Trump aide, crunched gender-pay-gap data and found out if your phone camera is spying on you

Until 2015, UK taxpayers footed the bill for compensation to slave owners, plus the 10 best ways to see France by rail

Why Frida Kahlo never went out of fashion – just like the evergreen shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber

One of science’s brightest stars dies and former groupies question past encounters as ripples of #MeToo spread

The weekly music magazine is the latest title to cease publication in print – and what do the Paris shows mean for our wardrobes?

Why is getting a job in retail now like auditioning for a West End show? And what if Boris Johnson had been born a black woman?

China snatches Swedish bookseller and Norway’s Winter Olympics prowess wows fans as mid-market chain restaurants face trouble

North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics made some wonder whether the nuclear threat is fading; we examined the new rules of sex post-Weinstein, and investigated the strange world of Quorn

Elon Musk sent a car into space, while the Winter Olympics commenced in South Korea. Elsewhere we revealed the scandal of France’s treatment of autism – and showed how to cook the perfect vindaloo

A super blue blood moon wowed the world, while we reported on rebels planning a new internet

Tributes to the late Fall frontman Mark E Smith, and an all-male charity dinner reveals the establishment’s uglier side

A year after Donald Trump’s inauguration, fear is the dominant emotion of his presidency – yet, like loneliness, it can be conquered by like-minded people coming together

The Golden Globes saw Hollywood paint the red carpet black, continuing the worldwide debate on gender equality; and the Guardian took a deep dive into Stoke for a more nuanced look at a so-called left-behind town

The US president’s appetites were laid bare in a book which infuriated him, while a row over pizza ignited social media. Elsewhere, a writer detailed his long-term struggle with alcohol