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Where did all the British hops go?

There’s a fight on to rejuvenate a once thriving beer industry

Six perfect summer salad recipes 

London’s best restaurant salads — with recipes

Chef Samin Nosrat: ‘So much of cooking is about being present’

The ‘Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’ author on food, memory and heritage — and why she tries to make something every day

Actor Michael Sheen: ‘You have to make something happen’

The brave new world of trade has arrived

Breakneck — why China’s engineers beat America’s lawyers

Dan Wang’s compelling and provocative book explores both the merits and the madness of China’s engineering state

The best books of the week

Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir of life in Scottish politics; Mark Galeotti’s sobering truths about organised crime; a snapshot of 1980s New York; in the footsteps of Truman Capote; a tribute to 1970s football star Kevin Keegan; Nicola Barker’s playful riff on online culture; Natsuo Kirino’s tale of surrogacy in Japan; Emily Adrian’s charming campus novel — plus Suzi Feay’s pick of the best debut fiction