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Private equity This article is more than 4 years oldGreybull Capital: rescuer of distressed firms or vulture fund?This article is more than 4 years oldThe creditor may manage to avoid financial loss once more with British Steel British Steel owner Greybull Capital is a private investment firm with a controversial record, founded by a group of wealthy heirs and run with the help of a former Lehman Brothers banker. It styles itself as a valiant rescuer of distressed businesses but has amassed a questionable roster of firms that it bought for a song only to walk away relatively unscathed after they eventually collapsed.

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashionFashionThis style has been around for a while, but until recently it was called 'wearing your coat like a cape' or 'pretending to be a superhero'At fashion week, anyone who is anyone shoulder robes. Yes, they shoulder robe. It’s a verb, and is what I’m doing here, wearing a jacket without putting my arms in the sleeves. I am shoulder robing the jacket. This is important. This style has been around for a while, but until recently it was called “wearing your coat like a cape” or “pretending to be a superhero”, neither of which sounds like a true-blue fashion trend.

Books This article is more than 3 years oldJohn Boyne accidentally includes Zelda video game monsters in novelThis article is more than 3 years oldNovelist says details from careless Google search are ‘quite funny’ and he will leave his book as is after reader spots Octoroks and Lizalfos in his new book John Boyne, the award-winning author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, has acknowledged that a cursory Google led to him accidentally including monsters from the popular video game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in his new novel.

Mapping the bodyHealth & wellbeingIt's the thinnest part of the skull, and also an area prone to skin cancer, making it a fascinating part of the body for surgeonsSometimes, the significance a body part holds in one's clinical life changes over time. The first time I thought about the temple was during a head-and-neck tutorial, well over a decade ago. One of a small group of medical students, each clasping a human skull in our hands, I turned my own this way and that, trying intently to arrive at the correct answer to the question our anatomy demonstrator had just put to us – which part of the bony skull is the thinnest?

Crime This article is more than 10 years oldMick and Mairead Philpott convicted of killing six children in twisted plot that went wrongThis article is more than 10 years oldFriend Paul Mosley also found guilty of manslaughter as the trio are branded 'evil, stupid and shameful'A man with a history of violence and controlling younger women was convicted on Tuesday of killing six children in an "evil, stupid, shameful act" as part of a twisted attempt to frame a former lover who had dared to defy him.

Northern IrelandObituaryBrendan HughesIRA commander in Belfast and leader of the H-Block 'dirty protests' of the 1970sIRA commander in Belfast and leader of the H-Block 'dirty protests' of the 1970s In the 1970s, Brendan Hughes, who has died aged 59, shared a cubicle inside Cage 11 of the Long Kesh internment camp - the Maze prison - in Northern Ireland with Gerry Adams, now the president of Sinn Fein. Hughes had been influential in the formation of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Fein, its political wing, in the early 1970s, when the Provos split with the Official IRA, which wanted to change tactics and work through constitutional politics.

BroadwayReviewHudson Theatre, New York A standout performance from the brooding actor is the main selling point of an 80s-set comedy drama that fails to match him A small play about big words – sex, death, fate, love – Lanford Wilson’s Burn This has barged in on Broadway again. Set alight by a beautiful, unpredictable performance from Adam Driver (you’d call it a star-maker, but Driver is already a star), the play is a mishmash of absurdities, contrivances and what-did-he-just-says?

Australian Open This article is more than 1 month oldEmma Raducanu misses out on first batch of Australian Open wildcards This article is more than 1 month oldThe 21-year-old Briton faces qualifying route for MelbourneProtected ranking of 103 not enough despite high-profile statusEmma Raducanu has missed out on the initial batch of wildcard entries for the Australian Open. The former US Open champion has a protected ranking of 103 because of her lengthy absence from the tour following operations on both wrists and one ankle but that is not high enough to secure entry to the grand slam tournament in Melbourne next month.

CensorshipBook banning in public schools jumped 33% this year, so a group of enthusiasts is tackling censorship with a bus tour Bus driver Carlos Benjamin leans on the vehicle that will be something of a home to him and his crew for the month of October. It’s huge and covered in graphics, and printed on the side in yellow and black are the words “Banned Books Tour 2023”. The bus isn’t stacked with the usual road-trip items, such as coffee cups, clothes or daily supplies.