Super PacsThomas Klingenstein has become one of the largest donors to the party and has increasingly used his resources to pursue a hard-edged version of rightwing politics Newly released tax and election records show that since 2020 controversial financier Thomas Klingenstein has become one of the largest individual donors to national Republicans, contributing more than $11.6m to candidates and Pac, after decades as the far-right Claremont Institute’s biggest donor and board chairman.

ArtInterview‘I didn’t live up to my dad’s expectations’: artist Corbin Shaw on how masculinity inspires his workDaniel Dylan WrayAfter collaborations with Martin Parr and queer party Homobloc, the 24-year old reflects on how Sheffield’s football terraces, boxing gyms and pubs influenced him ‘I desperately wanted to be liked at school,” recalls Corbin Shaw. “I was always trying to fit in with this group of boys, which is where a lot of my work stems from.

SexIn these open-minded times, one taboo has held steady: never having had sex at all. Four thirtysomething virgins explain how they deal with the stigma Richard’s colleagues call him their work therapist. He’s empathetic and a good listener, he says – “so a lot of people tell me about their personal shit”, including the people he works with at his retail management job in the south-eastern US. But when they complain to him about their sex lives, or he sees happy couples hand-in-hand in the shop, “I think: ‘That’s not something that’s going to happen for me.

Michael Caine in Get Carter. Photograph: Photo 12/Alamy Stock PhotoAs The Italian Job gets a 50th anniversary re-release, we have painstakingly charted the charming hardnut’s 50 greatest performances, from Alfie to Zuluby Andrew Pulver50. Escape to Victory (1981)There’s much to find risible about this Hollywooded-up footballers-against-the Nazis yarn, but Caine’s avuncular presence keeps it watchable, bridging the gap between Sylvester Stallone’s sub-Rocky histrionics and the sheepish line readings of the real-life footballers involved.

Music blogPop and rockMorrissey wears his arse on his sleeveUpon opening Morrissey's Greatest Hits, I never expected a photo of his bum in all its peachy glory. What is Moz telling us?'Some people keep their brains between their legs ... ' Photograph: Amanda Schwab / Rex Features "Morrissey's arse photographed by Jake Walters." Now there's six words I didn't expect to find when I opened up Morrissey's new Greatest Hits CD.

OpinionIsrael-Gaza warThe brutality and inhumanity of Israel’s assault on Gaza is no surprise. It’s just what was promisedOwen JonesAs the international court considers claims of genocide, the question of intent seems moot. Just read the words of Netanyahu and his allies It always starts with words. Genocide is largely remembered for its depraved acts, but it is incubated in language. Words can cast dark spells on a population, stirring hatred in those who otherwise see themselves as moderate, humane, normal.

The forgotten story of...MLBLabatt Park, in downtown Montreal, was to be modern, elegant and memorable. But then the money ran out – and the Expos moved to Washington The best major league baseball park that was never built now lives forever in a glass case. The case is sealed, protecting the best major league park that was never built from dust and grime and wobbly people who don’t watch their step.

Media lawWill Smith wins Hitler slur apologyHollywood actor Will Smith has won an apology and damages from an entertainment news agency after it distributed a story in which it alleged he had called Adolf Hitler a "good person". London-based World Entertainment News Network admitted at the high court today that the allegations were "misleading and published in error" and apologised for any distress and embarrassment they had caused to Smith, the star of films including Independence Day, Hitch and I Am Legend.

OpinionMedia This article is more than 12 years oldWinterval: the unpalatable making of a modern mythThis article is more than 12 years oldKevin ArscottThis is the story of the evolution of a simple Christmas tale that wound up, poisonously, at the Mail and Melanie Phillips's doorIn 1997 Mike Chubb was working for Birmingham city council during the rejuvenation of the city centre. As the council's head of events he and his team were charged with creating a marketing strategy to cover:

Leonardo DiCaprio as Richard in The Beach (2000). Photograph: PALeonardo DiCaprio as Richard in The Beach (2000). Photograph: PARereadingFictionThe author’s 1996 debut, about a group of young backpackers who discover an ‘idyllic’ island off Bangkok, captured the late-90s zeitgeist. But does it still thrill? In my mid-20s, in the early 1990s, I moved to west London from Scotland. I remember meeting them, at parties in Notting Hill flats, in nightclubs, at raves.