Lupins, London SE1: This is a find restaurant review
Marina O'Loughlin on restaurantsRestaurantsReviewThe chocolate mousse is an outrageous creation, the sort of thing that should only be eaten behind closed doors
Spring onions dredged in cornmeal and fried until the green spears are pleasingly almost-scorched, the white bulbs a soft, sweet squidge, and their popcorny carapace a crunchy contrast: what genius is this? Utterly simple, completely seductive. Why haven’t we all been coating and deep-frying scallions for decades? Dunking these in chipotle mayo, I imagine festivals dedicated to the things, as the Catalans do with their calçots.
Symphony guide: Bruckner's Eighth | Classical music
50 greatest symphoniesClassical musicSymphony guide: Bruckner's EighthA contemporary critic slated its 'nightmarish hangover style', but Bruckner's last completed symphony contains music of sheer, breathtaking magnificenceAnton Bruckner's Eighth Symphony is the last he would complete. He never lived to finish his Ninth (although he came agonisingly close to completing the finale, music that's still shamefully little heard in concert halls), so the Eighth is the summation of his symphonic journey. And what a summit the Eighth is!
The Guardian view on stalemate in Ukraine: a more realistic approach is no bad thing | Editorial
OpinionUkraine This article is more than 1 month oldThe Guardian view on stalemate in Ukraine: a more realistic approach is no bad thingThis article is more than 1 month oldEditorialZelenskiy’s government faces growing criticism at home and abroad. But support for Kyiv is not based on sentimentality
A year ago, Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Washington as not merely the respected leader of a courageous nation, but as a global star. His address to Congress was greeted with thunderous cheers.
The sad ageing of Madeleine McCann
ShortcutsMadeleine McCannThe latest image of her, aged nine, created by a forensic artist, adds to the other disturbing photos of how she might lookThe computer-generated images of how Madeleine McCann may have grown up form a disturbing photo album. For a parent, it is seeing how your missing child may now look – in Madeleine's case five years after her disappearance.
Kate and Gerry McCann commissioned earlier images from the US-based National Center for Exploited and Missing Children, but the latest was produced for the Metropolitan police by forensic artist Teri Blythe.
Trump Tower climber charged with trespassing and reckless endangerment | New York
Stephen Rogata’s climb was livestreamed around the world as police inflated large crash pads and shut down the street in an attempt to get him down on Wednesday. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesStephen Rogata’s climb was livestreamed around the world as police inflated large crash pads and shut down the street in an attempt to get him down on Wednesday. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesNew York This article is more than 7 years oldTrump Tower climber charged with trespassing and reckless endangermentThis article is more than 7 years oldStephen Rogata used suction cups and ropes to scale 58-story building
Who is or was the world's greatest hypocrite? | Notes and Queries
YESTERYEARWho is or was the world's greatest hypocrite? Joseph Stalin - the workers' champion who murdered 30 million of his fellow workers. Keith Mills, Alne, Yorks
Al do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do Gore. He sincerely believes that the laws he proposes to control everyone's lives do not apply to him. He burns thousands of pounds of fuel per day in his jet named Air Force 2 traveling to tell everyone to stop using internal combustion engines.
Will the real Wackford Squeers step forward? | Charles Dickens
The ObserverCharles Dickens This article is more than 5 years oldWill the real Wackford Squeers step forward?This article is more than 5 years oldThere is a new candidate for the man who inspired Charles Dickens’ sadistic and abusive headmaster in Nicholas Nickleby
It is not a claim to fame anyone would relish: the honour of being named as the inspiration for one of Charles Dickens’ most unappealing fictional characters, Wackford Squeers, sadistic headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in Nicholas Nickleby.
Alexander Sokurov | Film | The Guardian
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000 Published: 13 Sep 2019 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJ6Zobpwrcuer5qmlJq%2Fbr%2FOpKyrp6Y%3D
How revenge porn sites rely on legal loopholes and anonymity | Internet safety
Most revenge porn sites operate in the same scattered manner as the wider porn industry. Photograph: AlamyMost revenge porn sites operate in the same scattered manner as the wider porn industry. Photograph: AlamyInternet safetyAnalysisHow revenge porn sites rely on legal loopholes and anonymityAlex HernStopping revenge porn is complicated by blurring the context of images and by hosts’ reliance on abuses being reported One of the most difficult things about tackling revenge porn is the sheer number of channels by which it is distributed.
Im very proud of him: Sebastien Lai on Hong Kong, accountability and his father Jimmys t
Jimmy LaiInterview‘I’m very proud of him’: Sebastien Lai on Hong Kong, accountability and his father Jimmy’s trialHelen Davidson in TaipeiSebastien Lai hasn’t spoken to his father in three years, but says he supports the stance the veteran pro-democracy activist has taken
Sebastien Lai is sitting in a downtown coffee shop, on a blustery day in Taipei. The 29-year-old was only recently married, but is spending much of his time flying around the world advocating for his father’s freedom.