Shock of the old: 10 trailblazing and transgressive tattooed ladies | Tattoos
The American tattoo artist Mildred Hull at her tattoo parlour in Manhattan, circa 1940. Photograph: Archive Photos/Getty ImagesFrom the Siberian princess to the American heiress, some remarkable women have had themselves inked for love, art or money
by Emma Beddington , pictures selected by Sarah Gilbert“The most vulgar and barbarous habit the eccentric mind of fashion ever invented.” Thank you, 19th-century arbiter of social taste Ward McAllister.
With the dames Judi Dench and Helen Mirren on the bandwagon, it’s hard to see tattooed women as transgressive today.
Himself by Jess Kidd review a dark and rollicking debut
FictionReviewBuried secrets are uncovered and the dead rise in Kidd’s fantastical literary thriller set on the west coast of IrelandDiabolical deeds, ferociously kept secrets, black humour and magical realism abound in Jess Kidd’s richly textured, thronging debut. At its dark heart is the tale of a long-ago murder in a remote coastal village in the west of Ireland, and the young man who, nearly 30 years later, seeks to avenge it.
Kylie is about to release her new album, Disco. Photograph: Parlophone/BBCOver a career of more than 30 years, she’s been Indie Kylie, Moody Kylie and Mature Kylie – but who comes out on top?
by Alexis Petridis30. Put Yourself in My Place (1994)Her eponymous 1994 album was supposed to unveil a new, more grownup, hipper Kylie Minogue, free from the influence of Stock Aitken and Waterman: it was not the triumph some expected, but it did contain that rarest of things, a great Kylie ballad in the shape of the trip-hoppy Put Yourself in My Place.
Slash: the LA punk fanzine that was too snotty to live
PunkFew were interested in the grimily thrilling LA punk scene, but two fans chronicled every spit and snarl – and now their work has been anthologised
The LA punk scene that thrived in isolation in the late 70s was no place for hippies. Well away from the New York-London nexus of punk, in its own little incubator, the thriving community produced seminal bands such as X, the Bags, the Germs, the Weirdos and the Screamers, cited by Jello Biafra as “the best unrecorded band in the history of rock’n’roll”.
Tom Stoppard's greatest stage hits in pictures | Stage
Tom Stoppard's greatest stage hits – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Revisit the playwright’s biggest hits from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead in 1966 to 2006’s Rock’n’Roll, following the announcement of a new Stoppard play that Nick Hytner will direct as his last National Theatre production as artistic director
• New Tom Stoppard play among highlights of Nick Hytner’s final season at National Theatre
TV tonight: curious couples try open sexual relationships in a mansion
TV tonightTelevisionThe most adventurous sex reality series on TV returns. Plus: a fraught finale for a superb Edinburgh noir. Here’s what to watch this evening
Open House: The Great Sex Experiment10pm, Channel 4“If you wanna be my lover, you’ve gotta get with my wife!” It’s the return of the reality series in which couples experiment with open sexual relationships – for better or for worse. Curious parents-of-three Chanice and Richardo and nervous newlyweds Kirstie and Connor are first to enter the mansion, where plenty of horny couples are waiting to join them in the bedroom, which has been fitted with night-cams.
'I haven't achieved much recently': Albert Einstein's private fears revealed in sister's archive | M
Manuscripts and letters This article is more than 5 years old'I haven't achieved much recently': Albert Einstein's private fears revealed in sister's archiveThis article is more than 5 years oldThe celebrated scientist frets about fame and his brain ‘going off with age’ in candid, soon to be auctioned correspondence with his sister, Maja
A glimpse at the “private, hidden face” of Albert Einstein, including the celebrated scientist’s thoughts on everything from his fears that his best work was behind him to his equivocal feelings about his fame, has been revealed in a cache of letters he wrote to his beloved younger sister, Maja.
Akbar Ganji | The Guardian
Akbar Ganji is a journalist who was imprisoned in Iran between 2001 and 2006. He is the recipient of many international prizes including the World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom, the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression's International Press Freedom Award and the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
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Griezmann sparkles as Atltico Madrid enjoy Copa del Rey revenge against Real | Copa del Rey
Copa del ReyGriezmann sparkles as Atlético Madrid enjoy Copa del Rey revenge against RealAtlético Madrid 4-2 Real Madrid after extra-timeGriezmann pounces with sensational goal against city rivalsThere is a phrase in Spain: second parts were never any good. Sequels, they say, invariably fail to live up to the original, but this time it did. Like The Godfather Part II, the second episode of the Madrid Trilogy, that run of three derbies in three weeks and three different competitions, was even better than the first, however implausible that had appeared.
Investment firm co-founded by Jacob Rees-Mogg to close after losing top client | Hedge funds
Hedge funds This article is more than 1 month oldInvestment firm co-founded by Jacob Rees-Mogg to close after losing top clientThis article is more than 1 month oldSomerset Capital will be wound down after UK’s largest wealth manager shifts £2bn mandate to another fund
Somerset Capital Management, the investment firm co-founded by Jacob Rees-Mogg, has said it will be wound down, days after it emerged it had lost two-thirds of its assets and its largest client.