CultureReviewThe 'only truly terrifying singer rock'n'roll has ever known' keeps it honest and defies his own stereotypeIn Lipstick Traces, the brilliant "secret history of the 20th century" in which Greil Marcus placed punk rock at the end of a long tradition of subversion and sedition, the Sex Pistols were hailed as immeasurably more than just a four-piece rock group. "It doesn't seem like a mistake to confuse their moment with a major event in history,"

Head quartersNeuroscienceBad driving: what are we thinking?New laws to curb dangerous driving highlight the fascinating psychology of the roadLast week the UK government announced a crackdown on unsafe driving. From now on, those of us spotted tailgating or lane hogging will face on-the-spot fines of £100 and three penalty points. As road safety minister Stephen Hammond said: "Careless driving puts innocent people's lives at risk. That is why we have made it easier for the police to tackle problem drivers.

The age of extinctionCarbon offsettingEU bans ‘misleading’ environmental claims that rely on offsettingProducts and services billed as climate neutral, biodegradable or eco must provide proof, with carbon schemes banned as evidence Terms such as “climate neutral” or “climate positive” that rely on offsetting will be banned from the EU by 2026 as part of a crackdown on misleading environmental claims. On Wednesday, members of the European parliament [MEPs] voted to outlaw the use of terms such as “environmentally friendly”, “natural”, “biodegradable”, “climate neutral” or “eco” without evidence, while introducing a total ban on using carbon offsetting schemes to substantiate the claims.

TV reviewHorror (TV)ReviewSet in a cursed apartment building, Sky’s sinewy horror series has promise amid its random carnival of disgust It’s dark, and rain pours down thickly, as wan teenager Juri (Tristan Göbel) and his ursine father Jaschek (Charly Hübner) arrive at the tower block they’ll soon regret calling home, in the opening scene of the German chiller Hausen (Sky Atlantic). Prepare for horror of the dripping, oozing, inky kind, set in a cursed building where the taps seem to be watching you, the condensation on the windows has a threatening aura and mould is a supporting character.

FictionReviewA sense of doom hangs over this exploration of the distance that exists between people, revolving around unnamed characters in an unnamed town Over the last decade or so, literary fiction has often taken a particular shape on the page. Everything is folded into one neat justified column – memories, digressions, dialogue (never signalled with quotation marks). New paragraphs are scarce. Page breaks do the work chapter breaks used to. This has an effect on language and tone.