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A former pianist is haunted by the life she could have led in this intriguing exploration of music, self-knowledge and marital discord For the protagonist of Ghost Music, An Yus follow-up to her acclaimed debut Braised Pork, life in Beijing with husband Bowen is as predictable as the phases of the moon. That is, until

Alice Litman had been waiting more than three years to receive gender-affirming healthcare when she died in May 2022 Lengthy waiting lists and significant barriers that prevent transgender people accessing gender-affirming care in the UK contributed to a decline in the mental health of a young trans woman who killed herself, a coroner has concluded.

From south London to Tennessee, from Senegal to Newport, Observer Music Monthly's critics make their pick of the year In one single moment his whole life turned round... It's all too easy now to forget how dismissive many people were of the Streets' debut in 2002. Grime had yet to be coined as a genre

Paul William Walker III, who is the executor of his sons estate, joins his granddaughter Meadow Walker in taking on the German carmaker in court The father of the late Fast & Furious star Paul Walker is to become the latest family member to sue German carmaker Porsche over his sons death, reports Entertainment Weekly.

Manu Tuilagi faces being ruled out of the start of Englands Six Nations campaign with a groin injury. Tuilagi pulled up in Sales home win against Saracens on 22 December and Alex Sanderson, Sales director of rugby, predicted on Thursday that the centre will be out for five or six weeks with a grade-three muscle