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Republic of ParenthoodFamily This article is more than 1 year oldLoneliness is a struggle for new parents – can we all stop pretending everything’s ok?This article is more than 1 year oldRhiannon Lucy CosslettIsolation, exacerbated by social pressure and cuts to services, can lead to postnatal depression. Being open would help I experienced a moment of pure, unadulterated joy this week. In St Pancras Old churchyard, watching my son discover a blustery autumn morning for the first time, the wind in the trees causing him to wiggle his head and smile his wide gummy smile, I felt the magic of childhood again, a feeling I thought I’d lost for ever.

The ObserverMusic1 The Velvet Underground and Nico The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967) Though it sold poorly on its initial release, this has since become arguably the most influential rock album of all time. The first art-rock album, it merges dreamy, druggy balladry ('Sunday Morning') with raw and uncompromising sonic experimentation ('Venus in Furs'), and is famously clothed in that Andy Warhol-designed 'banana' sleeve. Lou Reed's lyrics depicted a Warholian New York demi-monde where hard drugs and sexual experimentation held sway.

Life and styleThe making of a serial killerGuy Georges was a popular figure in the Paris squatting scene. No one suspected him of leading a double life. But since his arrest in 1998, he has confessed to murdering seven women. Paul Webster unravels the grim story of a man abandoned in childhood and robbed of his identity'Subject is 1 metre 73. Age 38. Afro-European. Well-built and physically vigorous. Practises a number of sports.

JazzThe secret history of the jazz greats who were freemasonsJazz and freemasonry are unlikely bedfellows, but in the 1950s, the secret society became a support network for musicians and the world’s largest fraternity for black men, among them Duke Ellington and Sun Ra When the City of London festival found out about a long dormant masonic temple that had been uncovered next to Liverpool Street station, it seemed obvious that this wonderfully opulent hall should be used as a one-off music venue.

The deer are captured and tranquilised before beginning the long journey to their new home in southern Italy. Under an ambitious conservation plan, 60 Mesola red deer are being moved from northern Italy to Calabria, where it is hoped they will thrive and multiply by Lorenzo Colantoni. Photographs by Marco BarrettaIn a meadow in northern Italy, the fog engulfs a forklift truck putting long, narrow boxes inside a green mounted police transporter.

Film This article is more than 22 years oldBetween faking it and making itThis article is more than 22 years oldMark LawsonWhen big screen sex and jealousy move out of the realm of fantasy.One of the best trick beginnings in modern fiction is the narrator's assurance at the start of Julian Barnes's Before She Met Me that the protagonist didn't mind at all the first time he saw his wife committing adultery.

Joe BidenExplainerThe US House of Representatives has voted to formally open an impeachment inquiry into Biden – without any evidence he has committed wrongdoing The US House of Representatives has voted to formally open an impeachment inquiry into president Joe Biden, moving forward a process that has been promised by Republican leaders since they regained control of the lower chamber in midterm elections in 2022. Although no evidence has been produced, Republicans have accused Biden and his family of personally profiting from his position while vice-president under Barack Obama.

The crushBakingCrush of the week: the Great British Bake Off’s lion loaf‘Have you seen this lion loaf? That beast will haunt my dreams for years to come’In popular culture, there have been many important lions. Aslan, Mufasa and, if we’re being topical, Cecil. And now we can add another, a nameless lion made of bread, created by contestant Paul Jagger on this year’s Great British Bake Off. Have you seen this lion loaf?

One Direction This article is more than 6 years oldOne Direction's Louis Tomlinson arrested after row with photographerThis article is more than 6 years oldSinger, 25, released on bail after allegedly ‘pulling photographer to floor’ as his girlfriend argued with onlookers who were filming incident One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson has been arrested at Los Angeles airport after an altercation with a paparazzi photographer. The 25-year-old singer was taken into custody before being released on a $20,000 (£16,000) bond and instructed to return to court on 29 March.