How to win friends and influencers: Labour’s new social media strategy is a step into the future

There was a backlash when No 10 invited online content creators inside its doors. But in a fast-changing media landscape, this solves two problems at once, says deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

Digested week: Spa days for nerds and other coping mechanisms

Discovering Oxford’s Norrington Room, leaning into Pancake Day sainthood and dreaming of a house just for introverts

The Hunt for Gollum looks like a step too far for the endless Lord of the Rings franchise

As the film-makers behind the seemingly neverending river of Tolkien adaptations seek to wring every last drop of story from Middle-earth, it risks running the whole thing into the ground

Injecting particulates into the atmosphere isn’t a magical fix for the climate crisis

Geoengineering does little to defuse most of the risks that really matter for people – and it runs the risk of making some harms worse

In the age of the ‘rough sex defence’, Emerald Fennell’s treatment of Wuthering Heights’ Isabella Linton is grotesque

By portraying the young woman Heathcliff abuses as a sexily willing participant in her own degradation, Fennell’s adaptation betrays the book, and her audience

Scrapper to Paul McCartney: Man on the Run – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A witty, optimistic tale of a father-daughter bond. Plus, a fascinating documentary about an ex-Beatle’s attempt to find himself as a solo artist

We Are All Strangers review – two weddings and a baby in marvellously addictive family drama

Anthony Chen offers up a forthright but warm film that navigates romantic crises and Singapore’s infatuation with the rich

Cold Storage review – mutant-mildew plague horror comedy stuffs fun into the fungi

Stranger Things’ Joe Keery is joined by a stellar cast battling an outbreak of virulent brain spores, but the film doesn’t offer much more than endless wisecracks and a splatterhouse grossfest

An Unknown Woman: how I discovered a hidden tragedy tied to Russia’s most famous painting

It caused a scandal in imperial Russia, then became a staple of popular art in the USSR. But when I spied a copy of Ivan Kramskoy’s portrait in the film Sentimental Value, it opened a door to an untold case of life imitating art

Mind launches inquiry into AI and mental health after Guardian investigation

Exclusive: England and Wales charity to examine safeguards after Guardian exposed ‘very dangerous’ advice on Google AI Overviews

‘He loved showing his bum. Loved it’: the subversive genius of Kenneth Williams

The actor, comedian and raconteur, who would have turned 100 on Sunday, could play humble or haughty, cheeky or Chekhov – but always stole the show

Man allegedly assaulted by Shia LaBeouf in New Orleans wants to see hate crime charges

Jeffrey Damnit says actor punched him and second man on Tuesday, calling both ‘faggot’ repeatedly

West Virginia sues Apple over child sex abuse material stored and shared on iCloud

Attorney general JB McCuskey, a Republican, calls case the first of its kind by a government agency against company

Casey Wasserman was the consummate LA powerbroker. Now his links to Ghislaine Maxwell threaten his legacy

The Hollywood scion and talent agent exchanged sexual emails with Epstein’s associate

Skiers stranded by California avalanche used iPhone SOS feature to seek help

Apple’s feature, which connects phone to satellite, helped first responders find survivors as they waited under tarp