‘For everyday misery, women beat men every time. For some, this is proof that men make you miserable’ (posed by models). Photograph: Getty Images/Wavebreak Media‘For everyday misery, women beat men every time. For some, this is proof that men make you miserable’ (posed by models). Photograph: Getty Images/Wavebreak MediaTim Lott's family columnFamilyWomen are more unhappy than men, and men are blamed for this. But perhaps men aren’t the real culprits

JMW Turner This article is more than 12 years oldTurner descendant condemns 'abysmal' treatment of artist's estateThis article is more than 12 years oldDescendant Ray Turner says institutions such as Tate and National Gallery have not respected wishes of his families' willsA descendant of JMW Turner is calling for Britain's biggest galleries to honour the terms of the artist's bequest, saying that he cannot contemplate leaving his own estate to the nation when his ancestor's own wishes have been ignored.

Photograph: Griffin BarnettAmid the American Dirt controversy, we asked authors of our favorite books about migration for their recommendations by Julia Carrie Wong, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Luis Alberto Urrea, Angie Cruz, Mohsin Hamid, Matt de la Peña, Dina Nayeri and Aida SalazarNot all writers think of migrants as a “faceless brown mass”. Indeed, if there is one thing that readers should take away from the ill-fated release of the over-hyped American Dirt, it is that the stories of migrants and refugees have been and are continuing to be told by writers around the world, richly, with nuance, and without relying on trite stereotypes.

MoviesReviewKapoor plays the scion of a wealthy family whose violence is the result of a craving for love and validation, in a regressive Bollywood blockbuster Already topping the box office in India, Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s bombastic action film is high on shock tactics and low on substance. His first two features, the Telugu-language Arjun Reddy (2017) and its Hindi remake Kabir Singh (2019) were both megahits – and also attracted criticism for making heroes out of misogynistic, violent men.

The diamond’s new owner, Joseph Lau, has bought two diamonds for his daughter in as many days. GuardianHong Kong This article is more than 8 years oldBillionaire buys 7-year-old daughter Blue Moon diamond for record $48mThis article is more than 8 years oldHong Kong businessman Joseph Lau renames gem ‘Blue Moon of Josephine’ after daughter, a day after spending $28.5m on rare 16.08-carat pink diamond A Hong Kong billionaire spent a record $48.

Whitechapel Gallery This article is more than 11 years oldDead squirrel takes centre stage in new Maurizio Cattelan exhibitionThis article is more than 11 years oldArtwork featuring lifeless rodent slumped at a table forms part of exhibition of Italian artist's work at Whitechapel GalleryIt appears to be a suicide: the victim is slumped on a kitchen table, dishes unwashed, empty spirit glass, gun on the floor. But why? What pushed this poor squirrel to such desperate lengths?

Lockerbie plane bombingLockerbie bomber is innocent, says acquitted suspect Special report: Lockerbie Interactive guide to Lockerbie bombingA Libyan man who was cleared of carrying out the Lockerbie bombing today called for his co-accused, who was jailed for the atrocity, to be freed. Speaking publicly for the first time in an interview with the Scotsman, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah said he was "totally convinced" of the innocence of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was jailed for life in January.

Cities This article is more than 6 years oldThis article is more than 6 years oldWhen Mexican drug cartels threatened the country’s $1.5bn avocado export industry with extortion and murder, farmers in Tancítaro decided to fight back Javier is finally starting to feel safe. A gruff 46-year-old avocado grower with a laugh like an idling Harley-Davidson, Javier still remembers the gruesome reports of cartel gunmen kidnapping and killing a neighbour’s daughter, torching a local avocado packaging facility and murdering a pregnant schoolteacher.

US news This article is more than 1 year oldMob boss Francis ‘Cadillac Frank’ Salemme dies in prison aged 89This article is more than 1 year oldThe Boston mobster died in a federal prison in Missouri from an undetermined cause The once formidable New England mob boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme has died in prison while serving a life sentence for the 1993 killing by strangulation of a Boston nightclub owner, according to authorities.

The ObserverFictionReviewFirst published in 1964, Segal’s lightly fictionalised account of her time in England as a Jewish refugee is both moving and newly relevantRefugees are often talked about, but rarely listened to. From Washington to Budapest, we hear a lot about the immigrants plural, but too little from the immigrant singular. And that is why this novel is so moving: a refugee takes the microphone and puts herself at the centre of her own story.