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History booksObituaryBasil Davidson obituaryRadical journalist and historian who charted the death throes of colonialism in Africa Basil Davidson, who has died aged 95, was a radical journalist in the great anti-imperial tradition, and became a distinguished historian of pre-colonial Africa. An energetic and charismatic figure, he was dropped behind enemy lines during the second world war and joined that legendary band of British soldiers who fought with the partisans in Yugoslavia and in Italy.

Brilliant at tennis, not so good with anxiety … David Foster Wallace. Photograph: Steve Liss/Time Life Pictures/Getty ImagesBrilliant at tennis, not so good with anxiety … David Foster Wallace. Photograph: Steve Liss/Time Life Pictures/Getty ImagesDavid Foster WallaceThe beloved 1,100-page novel is David Foster Wallace’s magnum opus and one of the most influential books of its time, but did you know he based its structure on a mathematical object called a Sierpinski Gasket and proofread it while watching a film about a St Bernard dog, on a loop?

US universities This article is more than 8 years oldPenn State fraternity suspended over nude photos of sleeping womenThis article is more than 8 years oldPhotos of women posted to two private Facebook pagesPages also contained photos of hazing and drug salesA Penn State University fraternity has been suspended after police discovered two private Facebook pages containing pictures of mostly nude women taken while the subjects were sleeping or passed out.

Medical researchStem cell experts seek rabbit-human embryo· Hybrid will hasten research, say scientists · Grey area exposed in regulation proceduresBritish scientists are seeking permission to create hybrid embryos in the lab by fusing human cells with rabbit eggs. If granted consent, the team will use the embryos to produce stem cells that carry genetic defects, in the hope that studying them will help understand the complex mechanisms behind incurable human diseases.

Unforgotten: episode recapsTelevisionThis angrily ambitious reset took on generational trauma, social inequality, austerity’s devastating impact – and pulled it all off masterfully. Roll on series six… Spoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Unforgotten season five. Don’t read on unless you’ve watched episode six. ITV’s cold-case drama concluded with tearful confessions and killer twists. Would justice be done? And what’s the overall series verdict? Here’s your evidence board for the finale …

Biden administration This article is more than 1 year oldUS voids 1954 revoking of J Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearanceThis article is more than 1 year oldBiden administration says 1954 decision that ended atomic bomb scientist’s career was part of ‘flawed process’ The Biden administration has overturned a 1954 decision that revoked the security clearance of J Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist credited as a key architect of the atomic bomb who was caught up in the Red Scare over communism in US politics.

OpinionFeminism This article is more than 1 year oldWhen it comes to porn’s damaging effects, millennials and Gen Z feminists are unitedThis article is more than 1 year oldRhiannon Lucy CosslettMy generation was also raised in the internet age, and feels badly let down by the postfeminists of the 1990s I remember the first time a friend told me that she had been choked without her consent during sex. I was in my early 20s, and it hadn’t been the first time for her – she had also been slapped and had her hair pulled, all by men she had met online – but I was shocked and concerned.

Sex workWhat drives some men to pay for sex, and some women to sell it? Here, both sides tell their stories.The womenLet me preface this by saying I grew up in a well-to-do family. I had more opportunity and privilege than most, but the divorce of my parents in my first year of university ultimately drove me to completely check out of society. In the beginning of my crack addiction I always swore to myself and to anyone who brought up the subject that I would never sell sex for money.

World Cup 2010 This article is more than 14 years oldBrazil held at home by Venezuela in final World Cup qualifierThis article is more than 14 years old Brazil had won all 18 previous competitive meetings Hosts hit bar twice and had a man sent offBrazil failed to beat Venezuela in a competitive international for the first time as they were held 0-0 at home in their final World Cup qualifying match.