The meaning of Michigan

What conclusions should Democrats draw from Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow win in the state’s Senate primary?

The best books of the week

From hormones to literary agents and snow leopards. Plus: Donal Ryan’s novel of adolescent grief, a reissue of Caroline Blackwood’s ‘Great Granny Webster’ — and Barry Forshaw’s pick of the top crime fiction

Stop feeding my cat!

Rogue feeders are creating armies of Six-Dinner Sids, prompting felines to pile on the pounds and even pushing some owners to take legal action. The claws are out