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Children's booksChildren's booksThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon - review'I really enjoyed this book and I thought it was hilarious and heart-breaking at the same time'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time is a murder novel written by Mark Haddon. Before you start reading the review, I am going to say that this is definitely not a book for the faint hearted.

Swinburne University of Technology. Image credit: Shaun McKennaWant to give your career a boost? Having these skills can help you make a move in the right direction. It’s a common misconception that leaders are born, not bred. But skills such as emotional intelligence, managing people and working as a team can be taught. In the past, cross-functional skills were sometimes referred to as soft skills, and weren’t assessed in the same way as technical skills.

British Airways This article is more than 2 years oldBA ponders sale of Waterside HQ as more staff work from homeThis article is more than 2 years oldBritish Airways employees have ‘adapted well’ to being away from vast Heathrow complex during pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage British Airways is weighing up the sell-off of its Waterside headquarters, with the airline expecting many of its office staff to remain working from home after the pandemic.

TelevisionObituaryBrian Walden obituaryFormer Labour MP who went on to become one of the most astute political interviewers on television in the 1970s and 80s There was a time, in the late 1970s and early 80s, when Brian Walden was the most feared and respected political interviewer on British TV. Given a 50-minute programme, Weekend World, for London Weekend Television on a Sunday lunchtime – hardly the most compelling time of the week for viewing – he conducted interviews with leading politicians that regularly made the news.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneReviewThe first film in the franchise is re-released into a very different world – but it’s as entertaining and exhilarating as ever The very first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (or “Sorcerer’s Stone” for its release in the United States, where audiences were assumed to be unfamiliar with this alchemical term) is now re-released after 20 years, into a rather different world.

Fish This article is more than 4 months oldHogfish can use their skin to ‘see’ what colour they are, say scientistsThis article is more than 4 months oldLight-sensitive proteins below colour-changing cells mean fish can ‘take a photo of their own skin from the inside’ What do you call a fish with no eyes? Fsh. What about a fish that can also use its skin as “eyes”? Well, that would be a hogfish.

TheatreReviewDrum, PlymouthIt's not often that you hear mass sobbing in the theatre, but it's all sniffles during the latter stages of this new Frantic Assembly show. It's hardly surprising: Abi Morgan's love story, spanning the 40-year marriage of Maggie (Siân Phillips) and Billy (Sam Cox), is as tender as the bruised peaches that fall to the ground in the garden of the elderly couple's US home. Moving from England was their first leap of faith, setting up Billy's dentistry business another, but a lifetime later it is the sick, frail Maggie who is doing the jumping, and she needs Billy to help her prepare.

The Karl Marx Hof apartments in the north of Vienna enclose schools, baths, a library and a health centre. Photograph: Art Kowalsky/AlamyThe Karl Marx Hof apartments in the north of Vienna enclose schools, baths, a library and a health centre. Photograph: Art Kowalsky/AlamyA history of cities in 50 buildingsCitiesThis mid-rise block of flats looked like a fortress years before it actually became a besieged holdout against the fascists in the brief Austrian civil war of 1934

SPECULATIVE SCIENCEWhat's the difference between a raisin and a sultana? Wendy Mcilroy, Antrim, N.Ireland A sultana is a seedless raisin. Bob, Newport, Wales Current thinking has it that the sultana is bigger than the raisin. M Robinson, Rainham A raisin is any dried grape. A sultana is a specific variety of (pale yellow seedless) grape and also the raisin of this grape. Mike Goodson, Cambridge