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10 of the bestMusicCurtis Mayfield – 10 of the bestDeploying sweet soul and blistering funk – and pouring his gorgeous, honeyed falsetto over it all – Curtis Mayfield veered between breezy optimism and hard-edged political commentary 1. Move on UpBy the time the 1960s drew to a close, Curtis Mayfield had already made an indelible mark on pop. His soulful, gospelised group the Impressions had topped the R&B charts and crossed over to score pop hits, moving confidently from honeyed love songs such as Gypsy Woman to powerful anthems that scored the civil rights struggle: Keep on Pushing, We’re a Winner and, finest of them all, People Get Ready.

Fox News This article is more than 2 years oldFox News edits video of Biden to make it seem he was being racially insensitiveThis article is more than 2 years oldFox & Friends host played edited clip before claiming the US president was ‘facing backlash’ for his remarks Fox News edited video of Joe Biden to remove context from remarks some could judge as racially insensitive. In Veterans Day comments at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, Biden told an anecdote that referenced the baseball player Satchel Paige, who pitched in the Negro Leagues before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.

MusicObituaryGordon Lightfoot obituaryCanadian singer and songwriter who enjoyed success with hits such as If You Could Read My Mind and SundownGordon Lightfoot, the singer and songwriter, who has died aged 84, became one of Canada’s best loved musical figures, winning 16 of his homeland’s Juno awards. He scored eight Top 5 albums in Canada during the 1970s (including the 1975 compilation Gord’s Gold), four of them reaching No 1, and Sundown (1974) topping both the Canadian and the US chart.

SociologyObituaryHarold Garfinkel obituarySociologist who delved into the minutiae of daily lifeHarold Garfinkel, who has died aged 93, was professor emeritus in sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was based from 1954 until his retirement in 1987. In the 1950s, he coined the term "ethnomethodology", literally meaning "people's methodology". In the social sciences, methodology usually refers to systematic techniques for collecting and analysing data but, following Garfinkel, ethnomethodologists identified it with a broad range of ordinary abilities, such as taking part in conversational exchanges, navigating through traffic situations and recognising what is happening in specific social environments.

Lucian Freud This article is more than 10 months oldLucian Freud portrait of daughter Isobel expected to fetch up to £20m at auctionThis article is more than 10 months oldIb Reading, not seen in public for more than 20 years, was result of more than 70 sittings An intimate portrait by Lucian Freud of one of his children that has not been seen in public for more than 20 years is expected to fetch up to £20m when it is auctioned next week.

Masters 2011 This article is more than 12 years oldMasters 2011: Charl Schwartzel wins epic at AugustaThis article is more than 12 years old South African victorious on anniversary of Gary Player's win Rory McIlroy suffers huge disappointment in final-round 80The 2011 Masters was won by the South African Charl Schwartzel but it will always be remembered for the sight of young Rory McIlroy, head in hands and near to tears as his major championship dreams were swept away in the compelling theatre of an Augusta afternoon.

Surfing This article is more than 10 months oldSurfing great Kelly Slater to retire after Paris Olympics in 2024This article is more than 10 months oldAmerican 11-time world champion aims to qualify for GamesSlater will be 52 if he surfs at competition to be held in TahitiSurfing great Kelly Slater has said he will retire from competition after the Paris Olympics next year. Widely considered the greatest surfer of all time, the 51-year-old has enjoyed a career of unprecedented success and duration.

FictionReviewThere is clarity and compassion in this distinctive tale of memory and identity, set at the far end of lifeFrom Yann Martel's Life of Pi to Téa Obreht's Orange winnerThe Tiger's Wife, the figure of the tiger has become familiar in contemporary fiction as representing untameable thrill and mystery. Recent years have also seen a rash of novels set at the far end of life, in which characters contend with failing mental and physical powers.

A language family tree - in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Minna Sundberg’s illustration maps the relationships between Indo-European and Uralic languages. The creator of the webcomic Stand Still. Stay Silent, put the illustration together to show why some of the characters in her comic were able to understand each other despite speaking different languages. She wanted to show how closely related Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic were to each other, and how Finnish came from distinct linguistic roots