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Black SabbathInterviewBlack Sabbath: 'We used to have cocaine flown in by private plane'Paul LesterThe band who laid the foundations of heavy metal are releasing 13, their first studio album with Ozzy Osbourne for 35 years. Black Sabbath speak about drugs, the occult and GodIt's hard to know where to start. There's the simple fact of Black Sabbath's return with 13 – the metal overlords' first album of new material with Ozzy Osbourne since 1978's Never Say Die!

André de Shields, centre, as Hermes, with the company of Hadestown at the Olivier, London. Photograph: Helen MaybanksAndré de Shields, centre, as Hermes, with the company of Hadestown at the Olivier, London. Photograph: Helen MaybanksTheatreReviewOlivier, London There are some cracking songs in Rachel Chavkin and Anaïs Mitchell’s haunting journey through the underworld This is a show that escapes easy definition. With music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell, it began life as a touring concert in 2006, was turned into a cult album and then, with the aid of director Rachel Chavkin, into an off-Broadway production.

RadioThe Breakfast Club’s DJ Envy faces lawsuits over his ties to Cesar Pina, who’s accused of a ‘Ponzi-like scheme’. How did a radio behemoth let things get this far? DJ Envy is a poster child for hip-hop’s crossover into the mainstream. Over the past three decades, the 46-year-old Queens native went from hustling rap mixtapes to anchoring the Good Morning America of urban radio – The Breakfast Club, where he plays the role of schoolmarm on “the world’s most dangerous morning show”.

It’s a relief that the cast and company of Urinetown: The Musical are all-in on the big swings and jokes, both when they work and when they don’t. Photograph: Phil Erbacher/Hayes TheatreIt’s a relief that the cast and company of Urinetown: The Musical are all-in on the big swings and jokes, both when they work and when they don’t. Photograph: Phil Erbacher/Hayes TheatreAustralian theatreReviewHayes Theatre, Sydney When this production embraces being a musical itself, the cast lifting their voices in song, there’s a real hint of magic

ETHICAL CONUNDRUMSWhat is the difference between Liberalism and Socialism ? I'd appreciate general rather than party political answers. Glenn Oliver, Düsseldorf Germany Originally, Conservatism's aim was to conserve the existing order and protect the economy from foreigners, Liberalism's was to loosen restrictions and advance free trade. Socialism differed in advocating a classless society in which all had an equal stake. Conservatism and Liberalism represented shades of ruling-class opinion in the 19th century and both sought to exclude the workers from any undue influence.

A moment that changed meGender This article is more than 6 years oldA moment that changed me: dressing as a woman for the first time at the age of 69This article is more than 6 years oldRobin PickeringI don’t know why my feminine side lay undiscovered for so long, but finding the ‘other’ me has been a revelationA couple of years ago, I was invited to take part in a murder mystery party with a script written by a friend, and we were asked to invent our own characters.

TV reviewTelevisionReviewEssentially a queer Love Island, this ‘hypersexualised reality show’ sees ‘daddies’ and ‘himbos’ try to find their soulmate. It’s tonnes of lean, not-so-clean fun Occasionally, a television show comes along and breaks the star rating system. How to assign new reality series For the Love of Dilfs (Froot TV) a measure of value or approval? I have no idea. Take these three stars as a placeholder, a question mark, an admission that I do not trust my own taste or judgment when it comes to the philosophical conundrum that holds this all together: “Can a daddy and a himbo fall in love?

Movies This article is more than 15 years oldGuillaume Depardieu, actor son of Gérard, dies at 37This article is more than 15 years oldGuillaume Depardieu, the son of Gérard Depardieu, died earlier today at the age of 37. The cause of death was named as pneumonia, which he'd contracted three days earlier in Paris' Raymond Poincare hospital. Guillaume had pursued the family theatrical tradition, winning roles in numerous French films including, most recently, Versailles and De la Guerre.

FamilyCould an ‘outrageously heterosexual’ father handle his eldest child coming out at 16? Sam Khalaf and his son Riyadh used to call themselves the two musketeers. When Riyadh was growing up in Bray, south of Dublin, they were inseparable. Like twins or best friends, they say. So the Iraqi-born, Irish citizen remembers keenly the moment when he realised his eldest child had drifted from him. “We used to go everywhere together,” 54-year-old Sam recalls.