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Northern Ireland This article is more than 1 year old‘Dirty wee torturers’: Northern Irish man tells of British army abuse during TroublesThis article is more than 1 year oldJim Auld, 72, was one of 14 ‘hooded men’ subjected to interrogation methods since ruled as torture Jim Auld was so tortured by British army interrogators during the Troubles that he tried to kill himself. He survived but has never seen a counsellor or psychologist or psychiatrist, and never will. [Read More]

Easy Ottolenghi summerFoodThe first rule of cooking with vegetables in summer is to use the bright colours of the season to paint your plate Easy Ottolenghi summer: starters and snacks Easy Ottolenghi summer: meat and fish Easy Ottolenghi summer: puddings Yotam Ottolenghi’s fennel salad with pistachios and oven-dried grapes: once you’ve tried the grapes, you’ll be wanting to strew them on everything. Photograph: Louise Hagger/The GuardianFennel salad with pistachios and oven-dried grapesIt might seem a bit much to roast grapes for a so-called “easy” salad, but in reality that only involves putting them on a tray and into the oven. [Read More]

DocumentaryReviewThe ABC’s three-part docuseries about the 1979 Luna Park tragedy is gooseflesh-raising TV The pace of film editing has dramatically intensified over the decades – even in television, some programs are cut so fast, with such full-throttle momentum, you can barely imagine it getting quicker. This hair-trigger editing is integral to the effectiveness of a prolonged sequence in the ABC’s riveting three-part series Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire – a sequence that ranks among the most horribly compelling scenes I have seen in an Australian documentary. [Read More]

OpinionIsrael-Gaza warIt’s not just Israel in the dock over genocide, it’s everyone who looked awayNimer SultanySouth Africa has shed light on the desperate plight of Gaza with its case in The Hague. The stakes couldn’t be higher The powerful case brought by South Africa against Israel at the international court of justice under the genocide convention is a wake-up call for many western governments and media outlets that uncritically supported Israel’s savage war. [Read More]

The G2 interviewJeff KoonsInterviewJeff Koons: ‘People respond to banal things – they don’t accept their own history’Emma BrockesWhen it sold for $58m, his Balloon Dog became the most expensive artwork by a living artist. Are the critics right to dismiss his work as ‘smug’ and ‘baloney’, or is he justified in saying it teaches us a vital lesson about materialism? Several years ago, Jeff Koons and his wife, Justine, took a turn around the Palace of Versailles near Paris, where an exhibition of his work had just opened. [Read More]

Japan This article is more than 2 years oldMacaques at Japan reserve get first alpha female in 70-year historyThis article is more than 2 years oldYakei took top spot after roughing up Sanchu, the alpha male who had been leader of ‘troop B’ on the island of Kyushu for five years In a rarely seen phenomenon in the simian world, a nine-year-old female known as Yakei has become the boss of a 677-strong troop of Japanese macaque monkeys at a nature reserve on the island of Kyushu in Japan. [Read More]

Improbable researchResearchResearch on German soldiers has shown that enlarged breasts are an unfortunate side-effect of gun-totingThe rhythmic impact of a rifle wielded by a military man can puff up his chest. This sometimes leads to worry, or worse. Though soldiers might appreciate a good pair of breasts, what would happen if they themselves grew a pair? Or if they grew just one? Some men do experience this affront. A study called Gynecomastia in German Soldiers: Etiology and Pathology, published last year in the journal GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, analysed the plight of 211 male German soldiers who suffered from, or at least exhibited, one or two enlarged breasts. [Read More]

The ObserverNetherlands This article is more than 3 months oldThe former refugee who wants to cut immigration, and become the first female Dutch PMThis article is more than 3 months oldDilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, new leader of the Netherlands’ VVD party, is a talk show darling. Will that be enough to take her to the very top? She is a former child refugee who wants to reduce immigration, has opened the door to the far right and could be the Netherlands’ first female prime minister. [Read More]

Tracking apps that couples mutually agree to use can be both legal and helpful in the right scenario – an encourage paranoia in others. Illustration: Emma AhlqvistTracking apps that couples mutually agree to use can be both legal and helpful in the right scenario – an encourage paranoia in others. Illustration: Emma AhlqvistRelationshipsAngelina Chapin talks to several couples about how they use Swipebuster, FlexiSPY and mSpy to track each other’s texts and Tinder swipes [Read More]

Beautiful bacteria: winners of the 2015 Agar Art Competition – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Microbes and germs were used to paint masterpieces on a canvas of agar jelly in a competition run by the American Society for Microbiology. Scientists from around the world submitted entries, recreating famous paintings as well as original works. [Read More]