People will be encouraged to work longer under government plans to phase out the so-called default retirement age of 65. Photograph: Alamy Today’s top Society Guardian news and comment Inquiry calls for closure of children’s heart surgery unit Compulsory retirement at 65 to be phased out Tell people they are fat, not obese, says minister [...]

Amazon webpage selling the Wylie Agency’s Odyssey Editions Fear and loathing among the movers and shakers of America’s publishing industry have reached new heights with both Random House and Macmillan denouncing the literary agent Andrew Wylie’s move into digital publishing. Home to 700 authors and estates ranging from Philip Roth to John Updike, Jorge Luis [...]