Audio versions of a selection of articles from the Guardian newspaper and website
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In this week's edition:
• When Ingrid Loyau-Kennett's bus was halted at the scene of the Woolwich attack, she leapt out to offer aid, but instead ended up engaging one suspect in conversation. By Leo Hickman. Click here to read article.
• A stark rise in inequality has brought about unprecedented rioting in Sweden. The omens for Britain are worrying. By Aditya Chakrabortty. Click here to read article.
• A physicist has formulated a mathematical theory that purports to explain why the universe works the way it does – and it feels like 'the answer'. By Marcus du Sautoy. Click here to read article.
• In 1995, government inspectors spent months on Bodmin moor in Cornwall looking for evidence of a 'beast' roaming wild there. They found nothing. Yet every year there are 2,000 similarly spurious big-cat sightings in Britain. What's going on? By George Monbiot. Click here to read article.
• Casting directors are among the most powerful figures in showbusiness, able to make or break careers. But what exactly do they do? By Laura Barnett. Click here to read article.
• Our audiobook review looks at Antonia Fraser's Perilous Question and Daniel Dennett's Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking.
• The Guardian Audio Edition is supported by Audible.co.uk. To listen to the audiobooks reviewed in this week's edition go to audible.co.uk/guardianaudio.