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Heritage This article is more than 7 months oldMunstead Wood, prototype of classic English garden, saved for nationThis article is more than 7 months oldNational Trust to restore Gertrude Jekyll’s ‘horticultural gem’ at Lutyens-designed home in Surrey before public opening A garden created by the pioneering horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll that was the prototype of the modern English garden has been saved for the nation by the National Trust. Munstead Wood near Godalming, Surrey, Jekyll’s home and garden until her death in 1932, was acquired by the trust through a private sale with support from the government “in order to secure it for public enjoyment and benefit”, the NT said.

NashvilleAnalysisNashville school shooter’s identity may make them an exceptionally rare perpetratorEd PilkingtonAccording to all recorded data, the US epidemic of mass shootings are committed overwhelmingly by cis males In the immediate aftermath of Monday’s gun rampage at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, which left three nine-year-old children and three adults dead, local police described the shooter as a young female teenager. Republicans accused of hypocrisy over gun safety after Nashville shooting – liveRead moreWithin hours that description had changed to that of a 28-year-old woman.

Manchester UnitedSir Jim Ratcliffe completes deal to buy Manchester United 25% minority stakeIneos billionaire now controls football operationsMove throws spotlight on future of Erik ten HagSir Jim Ratcliffe has completed a deal to buy a minority stake in Manchester United. The British billionaire has spent just over £1bn to acquire 25% of the club and gain control of football operations. He will provide a further $300m (£237m) for investment in infrastructure at Old Trafford.

A brush with greatnessFaye DunawayInterviewThe day I fell at Faye Dunaway’s feetPhill LanghorneJobbing actor Phill Langhorne remembers a closer than intended encounter with the diminutive star As a jobbing actor I’ve had to do a myriad of “in between jobs” to pay the bills. Every clichéd job you can imagine an actor doing, I’ve done. In 2007 I was asked to work on the British Comedy Awards thanks to a friend of mine who was producing the show.

Domestic violence This article is more than 10 months oldWomen who suffer domestic abuse three times as likely to attempt suicideThis article is more than 10 months oldCampaigners for women’s rights say findings about intimate partner violence are ‘shocking and appalling’ Women who suffer domestic abuse are three times more likely than their peers to try to take their own life, new research reveals. Those who have experienced sexual abuse within a relationship have an even higher risk of suicide, and are seven times more likely to have attempted to end their life.

‘Weird political agenda’ ... detail from one of Frank Cho’s variant covers for Wonder Woman Photograph: Frank Cho/DC Comics‘Weird political agenda’ ... detail from one of Frank Cho’s variant covers for Wonder Woman Photograph: Frank Cho/DC ComicsComics and graphic novels This article is more than 7 years oldWonder Woman artist Frank Cho quits in row over ‘vulgar’ coversThis article is more than 7 years oldCommissioned to produce 24 variant covers for the superhero series, Cho has pulled out after six, citing attempts to censor work for ‘showing too much skin’ In a dispute that may be too much even for the legendary diplomatic skills of Wonder Woman, comic-book artist Frank Cho has quit his job drawing covers of the superhero for DC Comics, citing attempts to censor his work for being too revealing.

OpinionUS politicsElise Stefanik wants to be Trump’s running mate. That’s unfortunateMargaret SullivanThat Stefanik is a rising star – and Liz Cheney a pariah – says everything about Republican politics today Get Margaret Sullivan’s latest columns delivered straight to your inbox Elise Stefanik is having a moment. If she were a song on the Billboard chart, she’d have a bullet next to her name to show the speed of her trajectory.

The ObserverFictionReviewChoosing a narrator-heroine with dementia is inevitably frustrating in Healey's otherwise highly enjoyable first novel Read an extract Read an extract This debut novel comes garlanded with the heavy weight of both expectation and recommendation. Deborah Moggach: "I read it at a gulp." Emma Donoghue: "Elizabeth Is Missing will stir and shake you." Jonathan Coe: "One of those semi-mythical beasts, the book you cannot put down." It was the subject of a bidding war between nine publishers, the TV rights have already been sold and you can almost hear the calls being placed to Dame Judi and/or Dame Maggie.

MusicInterview‘Her playfulness is infectious’: meet the 12-year-old behind 2022’s most beguiling albumShaad D'SouzaKnown for his wide-ranging collaborations, LA jazz outsider Sam Gendel’s latest finds uninhibited common ground with his partner’s little sister, Antonia Cytrynowicz Sam Gendel and Antonia Cytrynowicz are two of experimental pop music’s most unlikely creative partners. Gendel, 35, is the Los Angeles saxophonist who has lent his talents to records by Vampire Weekend, Maggie Rogers and Perfume Genius, all while maintaining a prolific solo practice that’s among the most appealingly unpredictable in modern jazz.