Profile

Jesper Brodin, ex-IKEA chief taking on the refugee crisis

The former flat-pack king is poised to become a UN high commissioner

Obituary: Dita Kraus, the ‘Librarian of Auschwitz’

The Holocaust survivor gave hope to other children in the death camp

Kanchha Sherpa, last survivor of 1953 conquest of Everest

Final living member of historic expedition that saw Hillary and Tenzing reach the mountain’s summit

Robert Caro, biographer who nails the patterns of power

Writer whose exhaustive profiles of Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses are a must-read for global leaders

Drew Struzan, movie poster artist ‘of the highest order’

The illustrations were so good, Steven Spielberg said he felt compelled to make his films live up to them

Russell Vought, Maga’s shutdown ‘bulldog’

The director of the White House office of management and budget is playing Cromwell to Trump’s Henry VIII

Jilly Cooper, saucy novelist who made Britain smile

Author whose bestselling novels dissected the lives and lust of the English upper-middle class

‘I’ve spent a life wrestling with the big questions’

The writer and former bishop talks about the soul, the Good Samaritan and life after faith

Max Martin & Shellback, superstar producers

The award-winning duo behind Taylor Swift’s new album exemplify the Swedish ‘music miracle’

Jane Goodall, primatologist

The primatologist who over the course of 60 years uncovered the uncannily human world of chimpanzees

Obituary: Patricia Crowther, Sheffield witch

The Wiccan whose humour and self-assurance inspired thousands to join the pre-Christian religion

Christian Horner, Formula One’s £80m man

After his huge payoff, is there a road back for the former Red Bull team principal?

Obituary: Conor Gearty, unwavering defender of human rights

The barrister and teacher spoke truth to power ‘incisively, passionately and elegantly’

Led by Donkeys, activists out to skewer political hypocrites

The activist group’s Windsor Castle stunt made top use of its weapon of choice: embarrassment

Obituary: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw

Obituary: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw

Gabriele Finaldi, the National Gallery’s ambitious director

A gifted fundraiser, he has attracted £375m in donations and expanded the museum’s remit to contemporary art

Obituary: David Baltimore, the visionary virologist

‘Giant discoveries’ in molecular biology earned him a Nobel prize and a stellar reputation

‘I’m incredulous anyone would want to know about my life’

The actor on the perils and pleasures of being herself