When I ran my first marathon in 2022, I wasn’t alone. Sure, there were some 40,000 other people on the London Marathon course, but I was also holding one end of a six-inch tether, the other end held by my dear friend Qudsiya, a seasoned marathoner and visually impaired runner. There will be dozens of blind and partially sighted runners taking part in this weekend’s London Marathon, and each will have their own relationship to the sport. In this piece, Jessica Louise Macbeth and Ben Powis, who have studied the experiences of visually impaired runners explain a variety of techniques they use, as well as the societal barriers that stop many people from getting into the sport.

On the day before the marathon, vinyl obsessives will form long queues from the early hours in order to snap up precious limited editions and other collectors’ items released for the 17th international Record Store Day. Michael Beverland and Giana M. Eckhardt, committed vinylistas and the authors of our latest Insights long read, have spent a decade researching the extraordinary explosion of interest in analogue technology across music, photography and cinema. Their article explains why so many of us prefer these “difficult” technologies both as consumers and creators.

Earlier this week it was revealed that archaeologists excavating Pompeii have uncovered some amazing frescoes, including one depicting Helen of Troy in stunning, colourful detail. Emily Hauser pores over the discoveries and considers the ancient elite’s thirst for stories of the women of ancient Greek myths.

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