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Taskmaster season 17 features a new batch of stars tackling crazy tasks!

In this week’s newsletter: Three esteemed lawyers team up to look at the news through a legal lens in Law and Disorder

Having built his reputation as a comic and podcaster on his candour about anxiety and addiction, Robins is facing a new comedy challenge – happiness

The world’s biggest arts festival is back this month, at a time when discussions about the cost of taking a show to the Fringe have never been louder. Isobel Lewis speaks to performers, producers, food stall owners and community organisers about the problems facing the festival and whether it can…

John Robins, head of England's West Yorkshire Police, said police departments should be able to practice "positive discrimination" in favor of black and Asian applicants in order to increase the number of nonwhite officers in their ranks. Robins insists this would not result in lower standards for officers. Such discrimination…

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

Their relationship with booze has taken these friends and broadcasters on very different journeys. Here they discuss what constitutes heavy drinking, successful moderation – and when it is time to give up altogether

Cracking comedy, an eclectic mix of theatre – and aerial dance in an ice rink. Our critics share their picks for the August arts extravaganza

The case of scammer Amanda C Riley is exhaustively explored; Myles Bonnar investigates the shocking tale of an Edinburgh lawyer; Tom Walker’s Jonathan Pie is back; and Louis Theroux meets Shania Twain on Spotify