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Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones: ‘I like to fart in front of people. You can tell if someone’s cool from their reaction’

The punk guitarist on the ideal length of gigs, stealing from David Bowie’s trucks and dealing with an ornery Jerry Lee Lewis

Is it true you nicked some of your early equipment from David Bowie’s truc…

The big picture: a Chad gymnast scores top marks for determination

Behind Antonio López Díaz’s image of the inspirational Achta Derib is a story of how small changes can transform lives

The wall behind her is pockmarked and worn. She’s barefoot against a hard, cracke…

The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – haunting accounts of horrific medical abuse

A book about psychiatrist William Sargant’s unethical treatments at a London hospital in the 1960s is all the more powerful for its vivid patient testimonies

A child of 14 is forced to walk on to a st…

MobLand review – Tom Hardy can pull off miracles! And this show needs a few

Sure, this Guy Ritchie gangster drama is so cartoonish you could dismiss it as crass twaddle. But watching Hardy threaten people is irresistible

Tom Hardy can be very persuasive. In Taboo, people did …

Squaring up to death after my cancer diagnosis gave me a deeper appreciation of life | Matt Forde

I’m with Lauren Laverne: surviving the disease can lead to a newfound resilience and love of simply being alive

Lauren Laverne says she loves her life more now that she’s had cancer. I know exactly wh…

Let Britain’s magical, mythical creatures inspire a patriotism untainted by politics | Kate Maltby

A new set of Royal Mail stamps on regional folklore reminds us of our deep roots to the land

It is possible to have too much trust in a marriage. The mythic Welsh warrior Lleu Llaw Gyffes, who appears…

The storm-battered chancellor needs her nextdoor neighbour to be a steadfast friend | Andrew Rawnsley

Even if the UK manages to dodge the worst of Donald Trump’s tariffs, we will still suffer from the fallout of a global trade war

After her jaunt to the O2, Rachel Reeves may be aware that the musical …

The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice-president should resign

His foolish foreign trip and the response to the Signal chat leak reflect the irresponsibility of White House team

Not for the first time, JD Vance, America’s outspoken vice-president, has made a publ…

Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets | Kenan Malik

Arrests, blacklists and deportations are chilling reminders of the red scare that transformed America

‘Gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that goes into the finding and getti…

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