The ObserverDonald Trump This article is more than 9 months oldIt’s the Donald J Trump Show … and the world’s tyrants are its biggest fansThis article is more than 9 months oldSimon TisdallHigh farce in a Manhattan courtroom has left America’s friends and foes wondering if the US has lost the plot
From the country that gave the world Hollywood movies, Broadway musicals, and TV soaps, sitcoms and talk shows such as Dallas, Friends and Oprah comes more sensational mass entertainment: real-time political farce.
Let's move to ...PropertySlightly more affordable than its posh neighbours, and it still has a ‘proper’ high street, nice parks and stout Edwardian pubs
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Jonathan Jones on artArt and design This article is more than 7 years oldLook closer at nativity paintings – and see visions of apocalypseThis article is more than 7 years oldJonathan JonesChristmas cards are full of cutesy depictions of nativity scenes, but Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli and Caravaggio remind us of the death in Jesus’s story
Nativity scenes are the art we see at Christmas, often on cards that put a masterpiece on the mantelpiece.
Pop and rockNever grow upDuran Duran were at the height of their powers with Union of the Snake. Then the band ruined it all by trying to reach out to an older audience, writes Joe QueenanWhile taking a break during the shooting of my 1994 low-budget film Twelve Steps to Death, which deals with a psychiatrist who feigns his own death to escape from his self-absorbed patients, the 20-something cast members and crew got to talking about the glory that was John Taylor; the grandeur that was Simon Le Bon.
The ObserverNowt so queer as changing your mindWhat do you call a lesbian who decides men are lovable after all? Welcome to the secret world of the hasbianHeard the one about the lesbian comedian who turned straight? If your answer is yes, you're probably thinking of Jackie Clune, the funny girl whose hit show at the Edinburgh festival ran with the title Jackie Clune is Boy Crazy. To set the record straight - pun intended - the 35-year-old comic launched into her routine with the heavily tongue-in-cheek opener: 'I was a lesbian for 12 years but I've been cured.
Republicans This article is more than 8 years oldPoll: 30% of GOP voters support bombing Agrabah, the city from AladdinThis article is more than 8 years oldPublic Policy Polling also found that about 54% of the Republicans they polled support banning Muslims from entering the US, as Donald Trump has proposed
Almost one-third of Republican primary voters would support bombing the fictional kingdom of Agrabah, according to a report released by Public Policy Polling on Friday.
Alan BennettReviewLyttelton, LondonArtists in their late work often feel free to digress and experiment. Alan Bennett takes full advantage of this licence in a multi-levelled work that deals with sex, death, creativity, biography and much else besides. And, while it may not possess the universal resonance of The History Boys, the play has the characteristic Bennett mix of wit and wistfulness.
The structure is certainly complex. We are watching a rehearsal, in the National Theatre itself, of a play called Caliban's Day: one that, inspired by Auden's The Sea and the Mirror, gives voice to the unregarded.
The reader interviewDevendra BanhartInterviewDevendra Banhart: ‘A tattoo of bull’s horns almost piercing my nipples felt very inspiring’As told to Dave SimpsonThe playful Venezuelan American singer answers your questions, taking in Marc Bolan, haircuts from Cate Le Bon, and his ‘bottomless pit of regret’
Your forthcoming album, Flying Wig, was produced by Cate Le Bon. What was it like to collaborate with her and what influence did she have on the album’s sound?
Painting of the SS Pacific that sank in 1875 and was carrying 4,000 ounces of gold. Photograph: unknownPainting of the SS Pacific that sank in 1875 and was carrying 4,000 ounces of gold. Photograph: unknownCanadaAt stake is a reward of gold worth $7m rumored to have been onboard when the ship went down on a voyage to San Francisco
For much of his life, Jeff Hummel has searched the murky waters of the Pacific north-west and dusty local archives for any clue that could guide him to the final resting place of a gold-laden ship.
Brains, imagination, passion … The Lime Bucket, 2017, by Ken Currie. Photograph: Ken Currie, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery London and New YorkBrains, imagination, passion … The Lime Bucket, 2017, by Ken Currie. Photograph: Ken Currie, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery London and New YorkArtReviewFlowers Gallery, London True shock value is rare these days, but these gruesome yet skilled paintings of Hiroshima victims and macabre medical experiments will give you the shudders