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Pressure is building in the runup to the World Pipe Band Championships. Plus: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s whistle-stop tour of madcap houses. Here’s what to watch this evening

Nintendo Switch; Nintendo As ever, Mario’s brother is a scream, but this remaster is haunted by the spectre of its much better sequel – and the price might spook you

Whitechapel Gallery, London Woven throughout this compelling collection of sculptures from the Max Mara prizewinner is a ferrous thread of hooks and spikes that drags the cruel history of slavery to the surface

From performing in a bin to arm-wrestling rivals, the standup cut his teeth at a Nottingham pub’s chaotic Just the Tonic nights. As the thriving comedy club chain it grew into turns 30, he remembers really letting rip

The Traitors breakout stars Harry and Paul delve into some of history’s wildest bodged crimes in their devilish new podcast. From Nerf gun bank robberies to JCB diamond heists, expect plenty of mischief and mayhem

He has written hit films like 24 Hour Party People and cooked up the Queen’s Olympic skydive. But now, having been crowned Children’s Laureate, he’s on a mission to show kids that books will change their lives

The children’s author and screenwriter, who takes over from Joseph Coelho, pledged to address ‘invisible privilege and inequality’

The much-anticipated sequel to the director’s 1988 hit Beetlejuice will get its world premiere at the festival in August

Inspiring women explain what motivates them to keep training, and how getting older can give them the competitive edge

Partnerships ended over the investment firm’s ties to fossil fuel and Israel, leaving nine book festivals including Hay, Edinburgh and Cheltenham in need of funding

South London Gallery The Dominican Republic-born artist’s first UK solo show is a thrill, her works combining mythology, botany and female agency in beautifully realised imagery and installation

Ruling leads to claims that BG’s right to free speech unfairly challenged in another case putting rap lyrics on trial

Tricksy documentary spin on 1928 novel weaves fact and fiction to reconsider and reimagine the time-travelling story for our time

The RA selected 1,700 works for its summer exhibition – but almost 10 times that number were rejected. Now some have a place to shine at last

Gordon’s daughter got a cookery show first – and now Jamie’s 13-year-old son is at it. Will each young chef be able to obliterate their father’s career and come out on top?

Rapper was booked for misdemeanour battery over altercation with security guard, but will not be charged after completing community service

Anne Hathaway and Nicole Kidman are romancing younger stars in glossy new romcoms, adding texture to the dreaded cliche of the ‘cougar’

More and more comedians are uploading their improvised encounters with audience members. But do these interactions detract from the craft of standup?

Writer-director Thomas Sainsbury plays a twitchy divorcee who wants to get away from it all, but this intriguing journey disappoints at the final hurdle

This rich fourth collection by James Womack ponders the fraught relationship between place and dweller – and our craving for connection

Service offers more than 20,000 films and TV shows on-demand to compete with popular streaming platforms

Maureen Callahan’s eye-opening exposé looks back at the Kennedy men and the women they ‘destroyed’, digging into a long and grisly history

Populated by tech and pharma hustlers, this bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the sore spots of modern life

For the past week, I’ve been feeding UK party manifestos into the politics management game Democracy 4, to simulate their results five years on … Are you ready to be dismayed?

Enigmatic eggs, US army fashion and Japanese women of the sea feature in exhibitions at this year’s French showcase

Asmae El Moudir employs a delicate mix of handmade replicas and oral testimony to brilliantly evoke personal and collective trauma

A fascinating documentary details the conundrum Justina faces when she is bequeathed the property she has worked in all her life. Plus: lifesaving surgeons at work. Here’s what to watch this evening

The cast of Canadian B-boy Crazy Smooth’s new show on their breathtaking moves, their multiple surgeries and why hip-hop needs ‘living libraries’ of experience

Dave’s lament for the Grenfell atrocity, Dua Lipa’s bedroom disco for a locked-down nation, Kneecap’s Badenoch-riling rap, Elbow’s hymn for asylum seekers … here are the tracks that defined 14 years of Conservative rule

Culden Faw Estate, Henley-on-Thames The Scottish clown and his pals have taken over in a family caper combining comedy, slapstick, dropped plates and acrobatic skills