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The Turner prize-winning artist on a glorious Italian painting, his favourite horror novel, and why he finally started to like podcasts

The International Astronomical Union has partnered with the Radiolab podcast to present a quasi-moon-naming contest.

Scene on Radio, the Peabody-nominated podcast series produced by The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, has dedicated its latest season to exploring the history, failures and future of capitalism over the course of 13 episodes. John Biewen, co-host of the podcast, joins us from North Carolina for a…

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France is reviving its industrial farming of hemp – 'green gold' – in the search for more sustainable, energy-saving building materials. French publishers are flocking to romance, as a new generation of authors are writing for a new and growing audience of young women readers. And when Paris hosted the…

The main players in the infamous squad, 25 years on from the Texan's first yellow jersey

Miquita Oliver and Lily Allen’s cheeky and irreverent chats, the hilarious truth about the Middle Ages and just how Donald Trump was prosecuted … here are Guardian readers’ top listens of the year to date

Seagrass, a marine plant that flowers underwater, has lots of environmental benefits – from storing carbon to preventing coastal erosion. This 3D habitat is often a haven for wildlife but, with so many seagrass restoration projects now happening globally, success can be hard to quantify.

In this week’s newsletter: The seven-time grand slam winner and patron of the arts hosts a new series, Widening the Lens. Plus: five of the best podcasts about the single life