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The Handmaid's Tale: episode by episodeThe Handmaid's TaleThe Marthas network kicks into gear as Serena rebels again, and Emily sticks it to Aunt Lydia in a rousing and satisfying conclusion to this season Spoiler alert: this recap is for people watching The Handmaid’s Tale, series two, on Channel 4 in the UK. If you’re still here, The Handmaid’s Tale series blog should really reward your long service, because many have fallen by the wayside during this gruelling series.

OpinionAnne Frank This article is more than 10 years oldAnne Frank's diary isn't pornographic – it just reveals an uncomfortable truthThis article is more than 10 years oldEmer O’TooleInstead of banning the diary from schools, as Gail Horalek would like, we should teach girls not to be ashamed of their bodies Gail Horalek, the mother of a 7th-grade child in Michigan in the US, has made international headlines by complaining that the unabridged version of Anne Frank's diary is pornographic and should not be taught at her daughter's school.

France This article is more than 2 years oldBrewing feud between France’s Kylian Mbappé and Olivier Giroud goes publicThis article is more than 2 years oldGiroud comments after friendly deemed a swipe at MbappéMbappé upset remarks made publicly and not to his faceA brewing feud between the France strikers Kylian Mbappé and Olivier Giroud has gone public, potentially threatening team unity before their opening Euro 2020 match against Germany. It began on Tuesday after France’s 3-0 victory against Bulgaria in a friendly when Giroud suggested he was not getting the service he deserved – considered by some to be a swipe at Mbappé.

The ObserverUS elections 2024Fascism is everywhere on the march. And it’s Trump who sets the paceSimon TisdallThe former president’s nihilist, autocratic anti-politics transcend borders. In Iowa, as in so much of the world, voters are opting for the strongman The comforting conceit that Donald Trump is an unpleasant yet passing American aberration, often heard during his 2017-21 presidency, is harder to believe than ever after his Iowa caucus landslide victory last week.

Children's booksChildren's booksFive Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat – review‘I really enjoyed this book because the characters are so real’ Written by author Chetan Bhagat, the book Five Point Someone is set in the Indian Institute Of Technology, the top engineering college in India, similar to MIT in America. It was later turned into a hit movie called The 3 Idiots. The story revolves around Ryan Oberoi, an extremely intelligent but free-spirited student.

Hey, what's that sound?Pop and rockOnce a fixture in American churches, the Hammond's soulful sound soars through gospel, jazz, psychedelia and garage rockWhat is it? The most iconic and greatest of all organs! The Hammond has been described as both cool and cheesy over the decades, but its singular appeal has endured well into the organ's seventh decade. Who uses it? Gospel soars on the Hammond, it's the spangly grot under the fingernails of rhythm and blues and garage rock, it adds a whirling psychedelic mania to prog and a reassuring, inoffensive toot to the parp of British music hall, and any and all of those things to jazz.

Children's booksGlobalQuiz: Which of the March sisters from Little Women are you?Let's face it, no one can read Louisa May Alcott's novel without identifying with one of the four March sisters. Find out which one you really are!ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJuYnrmlvsSnqmaan6S4tHnSoqueZ6Gqtrt7kWlobmeRpb9wfY9oqK6hqmLEqbXCoWSonl2ptaZ5zJqpnKBdqLa0wMSrqmaeoqS6brjIraulnV2svK6xzWaYq51drry2

GermanyObituaryWolfgang Schäuble obituaryThe longest-serving parliamentarian in German history, who played a pivotal role in reunification after the fall of the Berlin Wall Wolfgang Schäuble, who has died aged 81, was a giant of German public life, epitomising the successes, anxieties and obduracy of his postwar country. The longest-serving parliamentarian in German history, Schäuble played a pivotal role in two crucial events of the past four decades – the process that led to reunification in 1990 and the austerity measures imposed across much of Europe following the global financial crash of 2008.

Body imageShe started a movement with one simple question: why should only small-boobed women go braless? Now, Eggerue has written a book she calls an antidote to the self-help scene When Chidera Eggerue, now 23, was a teenager, she knew exactly what she wanted for her 18th birthday. “I told my mum: ‘When I turn 18 and get a job, I’m getting a boob job,’” she says, laughing. “Seriously, what hypothetical job for an 18-year-old was ever going to pay for a boob job?