ArizonaIs it a bird? Is it a dinosaur? No, it's a fakeIt was a coup for National Geographic - the first pictures of a creature whose existence would turn the theory of bird evolution on its head. Then it was exposed as a hoax. Julian Borger on the missing link that never wasArchaeoraptor first turned up in a hotel room in Tucson, Arizona. Stephen Czerkas, a dinosaur enthusiast who ran a small private museum, was wandering around a fossil fair when he heard that a Chinese dealer had something extraordinary.

ColombiaMark Henderson had been held captive in the Colombian jungle for three months. After his release, he'd managed to put his ordeal behind him when his former kidnapper contacted him. It led to an extraordinary journeyYou can't fault Mark Henderson for enterprise. In 2003, he was kidnapped by leftist guerrillas in a remote, mountainous jungle area in the north of Colombia and held for three months. The experience would have broken many people, and few would have wanted to relive it.

Why I quitLife and style This article is more than 1 year oldMy online chess addiction was ruining my life. Something had to changeThis article is more than 1 year oldStuart KennyI didn’t like the person it was making me, but a few strategic moves later, the calm and mystique of the game returned Perhaps it was when I missed my bus stop so I could finish a three-minute game of online blitz chess that I realised I had a problem.

ObituaryPenelope MortimerHer steely prose charted the death of love and the Queen Mother's lifePenelope Mortimer, who has died of cancer aged 81, might not immediately be thought of as a feminist, but her nine novels all took up the cudgels on behalf of women - most notably The Pumpkin Eater. Published in l962, it was her fifth novel. With an exemplary spareness of prose, it tells the story of the emotional disintegration of a mother with numerous children, and of her husband's estrangement.

Billie Eilish: ‘Why do we care about bodies at all? Why do we care about hair?’ Photograph: Lillie Eiger/The GuardianView image in fullscreenBillie Eilish: ‘Why do we care about bodies at all? Why do we care about hair?’ Photograph: Lillie Eiger/The GuardianMusicInterviewBillie Eilish: ‘To always try to look good is such a loss of joy and freedom’Miranda SawyerIn an exclusive interview, Gen Z’s biggest pop star talks about body image, oversharing with fans and what she’s missed most since becoming famous Billie Eilish is making me nervous.