Rights and freedomLGBTQ+ rights This article is more than 5 months oldJordan’s secret police accused of targeting LGBTQ+ communityThis article is more than 5 months oldJordanian security services are abducting, harassing and ‘outing’ LGBTQ+ people, activists say, despite repeal of anti-gay laws
Jordanian secret police have been accused of intimidating gay people by “outing” them to their families and of forcing the closure of two LGBTQ+ organisations.
Human rights groups say activists have been abducted, harassed and monitored, as well as having their sexuality revealed to religiously conservative families.
Top 10sHealth, mind and body booksMedical practitioners are not the only experts in the field of disease and injury, as these personal stories of trauma and recovery show
The story of medicine is commonly framed as a steady accumulation of life-prolonging discoveries, inventions and practices. But seen through another lens, it is a story of competition for the title of “expert” in matters of healing – a tug-of-war over whose knowledge is valuable, who should make decisions, who achieves better results, who deserves resources.
TV reviewTelevision & radioReviewFun, fast and just a bit baffling, detective drama Case Histories is just right for Sunday night viewingJackson Brodie, played by Jason Isaacs in this adaptation of Kate Atkinson's Case Histories (BBC1), is not the kind of detective you normally find on television. He's not a misanthrope with a murky past, a cupboard full of skeletons and a secret drawer or bathroom cabinet full of bad habits. Well there was some trouble at work, with the Lothian and Borders police, which means he doesn't work there any more, he's now a private investigator.
Vibrant, progressive and bold: graphic designs of Japanese modernism – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Between the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923 and the calamities of the Pacific War (1942–45), Tokyo and Osaka developed into some of the world’s most vibrant and modern metropolises. A new generation of creative and financially liberated young people – playfully known as moga and mobo, or modern girls and modern boys – spurred a movement that energised Japanese innovation.
Crime - Australia This article is more than 4 years oldVictorian murderer never to be released for horrific killing of Karen ChetcutiThis article is more than 4 years oldMichael Cardamone will die in jail for what judge calls crime of the ‘utmost cruelty’
Sadistic Victorian murderer Michael Cardamone will remain in jail until the day he dies after losing his appeal against a life behind bars.
Cardamone was jailed for life for killing his neighbour Karen Chetcuti-Verbunt in “horrifying, depraved and disgusting” circumstances near Wangaratta in January 2016.
FashionOur outfits contain BPA, PFAS and other dangerous substances – but we still know little about their cumulative impact
The first thing that happened when Mary, an Alaska Airlines attendant, received a new, high-performance, synthetic uniform in the spring of 2011 was a hacking cough. Then a rash bloomed on her chest. Next came migraines, brain fog, a racing heart, and blurry vision.
Mary (whose name I’ve withheld to protect her job) was one of hundreds of Alaska Airlines attendants reporting that year that the uniforms were causing blistering rashes, swollen eyelids crusted with pus, hives, and in the most serious case, breathing problems and allergic reactions so severe that one attendant, John, had to be taken off the plane and to the ER multiple times.
The ObserverArtInterviewMeet the woman who turns artificial limbs into works of artAndrew AnthonyFrom arms that resemble snakes to legs studded with diamonds, Sophie de Oliveira Barata designs bespoke prosthetics. Andrew Anthony meets her in her London workshopSophie de Oliveira Barata's work in pictures – gallery
Sophie de Oliveira Barata's studio is located in an undistinguished building near Harlesden in north London, but inside it looks like a workshop from the futuristic classic Blade Runner, only with good lighting.
FictionReviewA whirlwind of politics and personalities whips through this story of the Irish sisters who shared their lives with Marx and EngelsA few families possess paper records stretching back through the centuries, but for most of us, family history is handed down from mouth to ear. These stories illuminate the past with a particular, fitful brilliance, but much is left in the dark. This darkness is both a gift to a novelist and a daunting responsibility.
PwC This article is more than 3 months oldPwC partner at centre of tax advice scandal banned by Asic for eight yearsThis article is more than 3 months oldFinancial regulator finds Peter John Collins is ‘not a fit and proper person to provide financial services’
Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s financial watchdog has issued an eight-year ban to a former PwC partner at the heart of a confidentiality scandal that triggered a reputation crisis at the firm and a costly sell-off.
TelevisionFrom learning to flush loos in fake nails, to acting like her face was frozen by cosmetics, taking on the trial of the century wasn’t easy. Ex-Harry Potter actor and wildling Natalia Tena tells all
The Wagatha Christie trial was easily the most high-profile court case of 2022. You didn’t need to follow football to know who Rebekah Vardy was; you didn’t have to be on Instagram to know that Coleen Rooney, suspecting someone was selling nuggets from her personal life to the Sun, smoked out the culprit by fabricating a story, restricting her follower count to one person – Vardy – then waiting for it to hit the showbiz pages.