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Carol Rumens's poem of the weekBooksPoem of the week: The Deserted Village by Oliver GoldsmithOliver Goldsmith uses an array of little details to breathe life into the political purpose of his nostalgic long poemOliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village is both a marvellous descriptive poem and a powerful political essay. Polemic comes alive when it is grounded in detail, and Goldsmith conducts his argument using an expansive array of vivid supporting material – topographies, interiors, and sharp human portraits.

Music blogSimon and GarfunkelReaders recommend: songs about bridges – resultsFrom the evocative and tragic to the romantic and iconic, here are your bridge songsNow that we're all on the same side of the bridge, here are some of the songs that made it – as unfortunately many had to fall over. Turns out bridges can have many meanings – here are some of them as portrayed in music, from the spiritual to the physical.

The 100 best novelsErnest HemingwayHemingway’s first and best novel makes an escape to 1920s Spain to explore courage, cowardice and manly authenticity In Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, Corey Stoll makes a scene-stealing appearance as the young Ernest Hemingway, tough-guy modernist and friend of Gertrude Stein. It’s a cameo grounded in the truth that, for one of America’s 20th-century greats, Paris in the 20s was a source of artistic liberation. It was also the setting for the first section of Hemingway’s first, and best, novel (published in the UK as Fiesta).

WASHINGTON Rialto, Olympic national park Washington state meets the Pacific Ocean along 157 miles of rugged coastline at the Olympic peninsula. Much of this shoreline has been incorporated into the Olympic national park, including the three miles of Rialto beach. Easy to walk, this wilderness beach is open to exploring, with views out to the forested James Island. North of the picnic area, Ellen Creek tumbles into the sea, and further on lies Split Rock, a massive sea stack with two pinnacles, the tops of which are crowned with dwarfed trees.

Banamex, Citi’s Mexican consumer division, is also set to reduce staffing levels by about 40,000. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/ReutersBanamex, Citi’s Mexican consumer division, is also set to reduce staffing levels by about 40,000. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/ReutersBankingCitigroup to cut 20,000 jobs after steep quarterly lossJPMorgan Chase posts record annual profit as earnings season gets under way Citigroup will cut 20,000 jobs by the end of 2026 after enduring a steep loss in the last quarter as it presses ahead with a sweeping restructuring.

Money and feminismUS personal financeFinancial abuse often goes hand in hand with physical and emotional abuse, experts say, leaving women to take desperate measures to survive Warning: this article contains graphic images and content. Deanna Walters is making grown men cry. As a domestic abuse survivor, she is in a therapy group facing a group of men who have battered their wives. They are undergoing 26 weeks of therapy. Walters passes around photos of her face after her ex-husband beat her with a heavy flashlight for leaving him.

ColombiaObituaryFabio Ochoa RestrepoHe would much rather have been remembered for his champion, thoroughbred horses, but will go down in history as patriarch of one of the 20th century's most notorious criminal gangs.He would much rather have been remembered for his champion, thoroughbred horses, but Fabio Ochoa Restrepo, who has died aged 77 of kidney failure, will go down in history as the patriarch of the Ochoa clan within one of the 20th century's most notorious criminal gangs - Colombia's Medellín drugs cartel.

Alabama This article is more than 7 years oldGrandma who ran nine-year-old to death for lie about candy dies in prisonThis article is more than 7 years oldJoyce Hardin Garrard received a life-without-parole sentence for the killing of her granddaughter, who she made run for hours after lying about candy An Alabama woman, convicted of capital murder for making her nine-year-old granddaughter run for hours as punishment for lying about candy, died on Friday less than a year into her life-without-parole sentence for the killing.

The ObserverSocial mediaThe fast-growing media platform claims its mission is to foster community spirit – which it mainly does. But can it control the spread of misinformation? Introducing its financial results earlier this month for the fourth quarter of 2021, the community-based social networking platform Nextdoor reiterated its core mission: “Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighbourhood they can rely on.” It’s a noble aim that’s certainly gaining attention.