Students were promised face-to-face teaching, but as soon as their fees and rents were secured, institutions turned their backs on them, says Lorna Finlayson, who teaches philosophy at Essex University Published: 2 Oct 2020 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRoo6iqnpZ6p7XNpZiyq5%2Bj

‘Malcolm could be very persuasive’ … Malcolm McLaren. Photograph: Victor Watts/Alamy‘Malcolm could be very persuasive’ … Malcolm McLaren. Photograph: Victor Watts/AlamyMalcolm McLarenThe 1983 LP introduced a generation to hip-hop and mashed up style – but by not crediting Black musicians, it was also cultural appropriation. Producer Trevor Horn recalls its creation The story of what may be the most groundbreaking and prescient album of its era begins with a mystery: what on earth did a major record label think they were doing giving Malcolm McLaren £100,000 to make a solo album in the early 80s?

ArtMyra, Margaret and meMarcus Harvey's portrait of Myra Hindley was one of the most controversial artworks of the 90s. Twelve years on, he's set to cause another furore. 'Just don't say I've done Thatcher with dildos,' he begs Simon HattenstoneIt's 12 years since Sensation opened at London's Royal Academy and the Young British Artists were crowned as the iconoclasts of the 1990s. There was Damien Hirst and his shark in formaldehyde, Tracey Emin and her tent recording everybody she had slept with, Jake and Dinos Chapman and their child mannequins with penises for noses and anuses for mouths.

CultureStars like Susan Sarandon and Cynthia Nixon are raising their voices in support of Palestine, but many others are paying a steep price for speaking up On a chilly day outside the White House, tourists milled about, Secret Service agents stood guard and a group of protesters held aloft a banner that demanded: “Over 14,850 Palestinians killed, how many more before a ceasefire?” Among activists embarking on a five-day hunger strike is a face instantly recognisable to fans of TV series such as Sex and the City and The Gilded Age.

Grow big or go home ... (from left) giant-veg enthusiasts Kevin Fortey, Peter Glazebrook and Jenna Brown. Composite: provided by Kevin Fortey; Daily Mail/Rex/Shutterstock; Sam Frost/The GuardianFrom onions as big as babies to pumpkins that weigh more than a car, it has been a record-breaking year for oversize veg. But what motivates someone to grow an 8-metre beetroot – and is skulduggery involved? by Sirin KaleThe pumpkins are as big as Cinderella’s carriage, and so heavy that a tractor is required to hoist them out of the earth.