books Punk programmers and queer hackers expose Reagan-era tech corruption in Cory Doctorow's new novel, on Kickstarter now Mark Frauenfelder

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crime Former comedian Russell Brand charged with rapes Rob Beschizza

Games What it was like working with procrastinator Douglas Adams on "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" game Mark Frauenfelder

stranger things Stranger Things stage show coming to London's West End later this year Thom Dunn

books Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy returns to the screen in new Hulu series Rob Beschizza

videos Stephen Fry explains the vast superiority of UK healthcare to America's omnishambles, which Brexiteers hope to import Cory Doctorow

fake news Alien attack imminent, Buckingham Palace is a drug den, and the Queen is a criminal mastermind, in this week's fact-challenged tabloids. Peter Sheridan

books The Surreal Joys Of The Beautiful Book Of Exquisite Corpses Gavin Edwards

hoopy frood 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as read by Stephen Fry Jason Weisberger

Science Stephen Fry's lecture on a hopeful, cautious, excited vision of a better technological world Cory Doctorow

bears Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear, dies at 91 Rob Beschizza

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police Irish police open blasphemy investigation into Stephen Fry for calling God an "utter maniac" Cory Doctorow

media theory Wikipedia policy declares the Daily Mail to be "unreliable" and not suited for citation Cory Doctorow

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