Philip Norman on the 60s: ‘I never took holidays because every day was like one’

As London’s V&A prepares to stage an exhibition assessing the cultural impact of the late 1960s, the Beatles biographer reflects on his experience of the time

• The revolutionary artists of the 60s’ colourful counterculture

Edinburgh art festival 2016 review – where Lothian meets utopian

Christian Boltanski, Damián Ortega and Alice Neel impress in this year’s strongly international show, while Inverleith House celebrates in style

Bill Cunningham, 1929-2016: an appreciation

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A carbon fibre bicycle made for one

British bike builder Filament promises custom-made comfort for riders of every shape and size

• Chapeau! Stylish cycling gear for the road

Five of the best tablets

The new generation of mobile computers are powerful, sleek and able to cope with the demands of both work and play

Olafur Eliasson and the power of the sun

First Olafur Eliasson invented the Little Sun solar-powered lamp for parts of the world without electricity (and Glastonbury). Now the artist has come up with a solar-powered phone charger