My parents werent impressed at first, but now I do my mum: meet some of the worlds best

 Posted on April 22, 2024  |  15 minutes  |  3037 words  |  Brenda Moya

‘It’s always an expression of control’: Grace Neutral. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer‘It’s always an expression of control’: Grace Neutral. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The ObserverThe ObserverTattoosTattooing is constantly evolving and the most-sought after artists are superstars. Here, five of the best reveal what the craft means to them Grace Neutral, LondonInstagram has transformed tattooing. There was an old white man biker mentality when I started out – they were the gatekeepers. There was sexism, racism and an old boys’ club. [Read More]

They look white but say they're black: a tiny town in Ohio wrestles with race | Ohio

 Posted on April 22, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2107 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Roberta Oiler, center, stands with her daughters Janelle Stanley and Jessica Keaton in East Jackson, Ohio. Photograph: Maddie McGarvey/The GuardianMany residents in East Jackson were raised to identify as black. But what dictates race: where you live, your DNA, the history you’re taught? by Khushbu ShahThe stale, smoky air around Clarice Shreck heaves. She takes a long hit of oxygen from the tube under her nose. She leans forward, shifting in her armchair, before releasing her raspy smoker’s laugh, which is smudged out a second later by her smoker’s cough. [Read More]

Top coat: the expert guide to painting your house perfectly from walls to floors to radiators

 Posted on April 22, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1577 words  |  Brenda Moya

How to live nowHomesPaint sales are up, but it needs to be used carefully if you want to change your home for the better. Here is how to prepare, proceed and get your preferred finish The Guardian’s product and service reviews are independent and are in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative. We will earn a commission from the retailer if you buy something through an affiliate link. [Read More]

'If you ask me, sex is overrated' | Life and style

 Posted on April 21, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  520 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

The ObserverLife and style'If you ask me, sex is overrated'Mariella Frostrup on sex and marriageIf you ask me, sex is overrated. Not as an enjoyable hobby - there's no question that there is pleasure to be had in bed - but as the physical act that underpins not only our relationships but our lives. Esther Perel's book assumes that entry into a long-term relationship means bidding farewell to the frenetic sexual activity we've enjoyed when single. [Read More]

Is urban graffiti a force for good or evil?

 Posted on April 21, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1726 words  |  Delta Gatti

CitiesBan it, legalise it, put it behind glass ... no matter what city councils do, graffiti remains the scapegoat for all manner of urban ills, from burglary on one extreme to gentrification on the other. But it may have another effect on cities entirely In the spring of 2008, the Tate Modern opened the world’s first major public museum display of graffiti and street art, inviting six international artists to decorate its facade with enormous, eye-catching murals. [Read More]

Joaquin Phoenix tells Letterman: I hope spoof didn't offend you | Joaquin Phoenix

 Posted on April 21, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  611 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Joaquin Phoenix This article is more than 13 years oldJoaquin Phoenix tells Letterman: I hope spoof didn't offend youThis article is more than 13 years oldActor apologises to Late Show host for awkward interview that features in new film I'm Still HereEighteen months ago it was a distracted, straggly-bearded figure who sat on David Letterman's TV sofa to mumble through an excruciatingly awkward interview. Last night a more familiar Joaquin Phoenix was back – to apologise. [Read More]

Leslie Plommer | The Guardian

 Posted on April 21, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  37 words  |  Brenda Moya

Leslie Plommer is an associate editor overseeing daily corrections and clarifications in the readers' editor's office. Her former Guardian incarnations include managing editor, foreign news; executive editor, features; and editor of the weekly design magazine Space

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Lucy Lethbridge | The Guardian

 Posted on April 21, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  44 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Lucy Lethbridge is the author of Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth Century Britain (Bloomsbury, March 2013). She has also written several history books for children, including Ada Lovelace, the Computer Wizard of Victorian Britain, which won the 2002 Blue Peter Non-Fiction Award.

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What the heck is going on? Extremely high-energy particle detected falling to Earth | Particle

 Posted on April 21, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  825 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Particle physics This article is more than 1 month old‘What the heck is going on?’ Extremely high-energy particle detected falling to EarthThis article is more than 1 month oldAmaterasu particle, one of highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected, is coming from an apparently empty region of space Astronomers have detected a rare and extremely high-energy particle falling to Earth that is causing bafflement because it is coming from an apparently empty region of space. [Read More]

George Clooney joins reboot of classic sci-fi series Buck Rogers | George Clooney

 Posted on April 20, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  443 words  |  Delta Gatti

George Clooney This article is more than 2 years oldGeorge Clooney joins reboot of classic sci-fi series Buck RogersThis article is more than 2 years oldStar to be executive producer, with reports new series will go back to character’s first appearance in 1928 story Armageddon 2419 AD George Clooney could be heading to outer space once more after it was announced he had joined the team putting together a reboot of the classic sci-fi series Buck Rogers. [Read More]