The death of Diana, Princess of Wales in a car crash 20 years ago today sparked an outpouring of grief across Britain. Tony Walter, who studied the “Diana Week” moment, says the public mourning did not happen in isolation. Rather, it revealed a wider change in the way Britons dealt with trauma and loss. And, as Ruth Penfold-Mounce writes, it created a template for media coverage of celebrity deaths.

Sometimes the best ideas are the ones that simply pop into our heads – coming from an inner voice or even an imaginary character. But, as any writer knows, waiting for inspiration to occur naturally can be dispiriting. So could neuroscience help to induce it? Simon McCarthy-Jones takes a look at the science of summoning inner voices – and discusses the philosophical and ethical implications of doing so.

The white hood of the Ku Klux Klan is among the most potent symbols of racism. But, as Kristofer Allerfeldt writes, while there are many groups out there still calling themselves the “Klan”, the KKK itself is very much a thing of the past – in part because of a massive tax bill from the 1940s it could never have hoped to repay.

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