BooksReviewClaire Keegan's short story collection Walk the Blue Fields shines a light into the world of rural Ireland, says Anne EnrightWalk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan 163pp, Faber, £10.99
One of the most shocking moments in Amongst Women, by John McGahern, is when someone takes a carton of orange juice out of the fridge. A story that might have been set in the 50s is jerked into the 1980s and we realise what was going on outside the terrible, claustrophobic world of Moran's kitchen - not the lives of our parents, but our own.
MIA This article is more than 12 years oldDiplo accuses MIA of 'glamorising terrorism'This article is more than 12 years oldProducer and former boyfriend of Paper Planes singer criticises her political rhetoricDiplo has launched a scathing attack on MIA, accusing the singer and rapper of "glamorising terrorism".
The star's former producer, who is also her ex-boyfriend, blamed MIA's political rhetoric for the failure of her last album, Maya.
The pair found mainstream succcess with the track Paper Planes, which made an international star of MIA after featuring on soundtracks for Pineapple Express and Slumdog Millionaire, but broke up soon after.
‘Who doesn’t like being compared to Buster Keaton?’ … Johnny Knoxville in London in February.
Photograph: Pål Hansen/The GuardianHis outrageous stunt show ran for just 10 months, but became wildly popular. He tells of being inspired by his hard-drinking father, his years in therapy and suffering brain damage
by Chris GodfreyI hear Johnny Knoxville’s Tennessee drawl before I see him. “I’m gonna getcha!” he barks – part children’s entertainer, part axe murderer – as he chases the small child of one of his entourage down the hotel corridor.
New band of the weekIndieThese rockabilly guys are to the primeval rumble what Jake Bugg is to skiffleHometown: Scunthorpe. The lineup: Henry and Rupert Stansall.
The background: Siblings are all the rage. We had Southern the other week and Champs on Friday and now here come Henry and Rupert Stansall, who have conflated their Christian names - much as Jedward did before them - to create Ruen Brothers. And they're going to be, not ruinous, no - huge in 2014.
Donald Trump This article is more than 7 months oldTrump offers ‘food for everyone’ at restaurant – then leaves without payingThis article is more than 7 months oldThe ex-president swept into the Cuban restaurant Versailles after his arraignment this week but left without picking up anyone’s tab
Donald Trump headed to Miami’s famous Cuban restaurant Versailles after his arraignment at the city’s federal courthouse on Tuesday and is said to have declared to a crowd of admirers “Food for everyone!
Stream teamMoviesThis 1989 black comedy features an unnerving performance and actual cockroach eating. Cage superfan Luke Buckmaster explains why it works
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Weather trackerTornadoesAnalysisWeather tracker: Florida struck by twin tornadoesMorgan Thomas (MetDesk)Storms down power lines and rip off roofs. Elsewhere, windy conditions forecast for UK this week
Two tornadoes swept across parts of Florida last Thursday, causing extensive damage to many homes and businesses in Crystal River and Clearwater. Trees and power lines were downed, with walls and roofs ripped from buildings. The tornadoes produced wind gusts of 115mph and 125mph respectively, according to the US National Weather Service, making them EF-2 tornadoes on the Enhanced Fujita scale.
Crossword blogCrosswordsA look back and forward in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues The news in cluesOver at the Financial Times, Velia slipped in a clue on the last day of 2019 that would not be welcome in 2020:
8d/19d However, the conclusion of Brexit is in more doubt (6,8)
[ wordplay: synonym for ‘however’ & last letter of (‘the conclusion to’) BREXIT, both inside (‘in’) synonym for ‘more’ ]
Jeremy Vine This article is more than 6 months oldJeremy Vine agrees deal with Twitter user who falsely named him as accused BBC starThis article is more than 6 months oldRadio 2 presenter says he has received apology and man has also agreed to make donation to charity
Jeremy Vine has agreed a settlement with a Twitter user who falsely identified him as the BBC presenter at the centre of claims he paid a young person thousand of pounds for explicit photographs.
JapanPilot who halted blazing plane safely, crew who stuck to the drill and passengers who left their luggage behind delivered a textbook evacuation
It took firefighters more than six hours to extinguish the blaze that engulfed a Japan Airlines jet after it struck another plane on landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday. Earlier, it had taken the 12 crew members just minutes to usher hundreds of people on board to safety.