Photographer Chantal Pinzi travelled the globe to take shots of female skateboarders who defy cultural norms, including this one of Asha Gond

Photographer Meyerowitz, 87, and artist and writer Barrett, 78, invited two documentary-makers into their lives for a year. The result, Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other, is an intimate portrait that all couples should see

This powerful portrait – an imaginary album cover – depicts one of many female Iranian vocalists banned from performing after the 1979 revolution

A vivid outback tale, an anguished 80s love triangle and real life are cleverly held in play in the Australian novelist’s inventive memoir-novel-essay hybrid

The former Green MP on patriotism, protest and and why Labour is much less ambitious than its voters

Photographer Ewen Spencer captures the energy of a garage music night for working-class kids

Mark Cohen’s evocative shot of a child with some bubble gum machines is part of a series capturing the vibrant characters and street life of the Big Apple

Wayne Tippetts’s shot of young Bangladeshi women preparing for a Gaye Holud ceremony is part of a series exploring a pivotal moment in the neighbourhood’s history

Why did the professor get divorced, remarry, but allow her former husband to remain in the house? In her brilliant new book, Open Socrates, she makes the case for an intellectually honest life

Alexander Gronsky’s photograph of families in the snow hints at something more dubious

The Franz Ferdinand frontman, and former chef, on songwriting, souffles and celebrating his Greek roots

Photographer Andy Hall​’s atmospheric new series captures the capital’s eerie financial heart

Christiane Amanpour has spent four decades as a celebrated journalist and war reporter. With disinformation rampaging through the media, she talks to Tim Adams about the threat of technocracy, Donald Trump’s second term – and why facts are more important than ever

Despite fewer silly glitches, you now get an executive summary of the world, with all interesting complications removed

In the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the US artist is in the UK with a show drawing on the legacy of Malcolm X – and an alternative vision for making America great again

The Belgian photographer’s 2012 image exemplifies his gift for connecting with animals on camera

The Franco-Haitian artist’s 2002 portrait exemplifies his gift for taking photographs that transcend time and place

In this sequel to his bestseller, Critical, the intensive care doctor draws lessons on the joys of a ‘second life’ from the experiences of patients who have flatlined and been revived

The artist, famed in the UK for her extraordinary fissure in the turbine hall, has turned her focus to the climate catastrophe and the plight of migrants, but old concerns about her country remain

Irene Poon’s alarming 1965 image of a sweet shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown exemplifies her knack for intimacy and surprise