John Makinson: the consumer must be given what the consumer wants. Photograph: David Levene/for the Guardian Penguin this week celebrates its 75th year and is marking the anniversary by repackaging a series of seminal books from the 1960s to the 1980s. Although the company might afford itself a brief look backwards, it feels as though [...]

The pointy sombrero… a definite no-no, especially in Mexico. Photograph: Alamy The lost art of packing a suitcase The secret of good suitcase packing is to fold as if your life depended on it. Fold each item as tightly as you can and then crush it a bit for good measure. Think of packing as [...]

Supporters of the Million Women Rise march and rally opposing violence against women make their way along Oxford Street, London, in May. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA If you want to gauge the energy in the current British feminist movement, you have to speak to the young campaigners. Alex Corwin has defined herself as a feminist since [...]

Pimco, the world’s largest asset manager, is now optimistic about investing in UK bonds, despite talk of a possible downgrade in British debt – but then its co-founder Bill Gross, above, has been fiercely critical of ratings agencies. Pimco, the world’s biggest bond investor, has turned bullish about Britain, reversing its position in January, when [...]