Five Great Reads: the brain collector, teacher-less pilates, and squatting in Kanye West’s mansion

Molecular palaeontologist Alexandra Morton-Hayward holds Rusty, a 200-year-old brain found in a mass grave on the site of a workhouse and insane asylum in Bristol. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

Happy Saturday, readers! There’s less than a fortnight to go until the US’s political fate is decided (for our coverage, see here). But there are plenty of other things going on in the world – today, read about the secrets of brains and what it’s like living in Kanye West’s abandoned mansion.

I saved my favourite for the end.