Watch: ‘Matilda the Musical’ is based on the Roald Dahl novel and its stage adaptation
Matthew Warcus directs Alisha Weir as Matilda, Lashana Lynch as Miss Jennifer and Emma Thompson as the fearsome Mrs Trunchbull. Out on Netflix on December 25.

Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
‘They will beat me again’: What led to the death of a young man in Jammu village?
Ramachandra Guha: Can India forge its own environmentally responsible path to economic growth?
Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him