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BeerIt’s amazing what you unleash when you mix lager with vermouth, or tequila, or Aperol. Here are some of 2023’s most exciting combinations The beer cocktail has its roots in the vulgar pastime of beer adulteration: putting stuff in beer to make it stronger (like whiskey) or weaker (such as lemonade). Over the last decade or so, however, beer has begun to appear on the cocktail menus of cool establishments. At their best, beer cocktails are sophisticated and delicious.

Nigel Slater recipesFishBritain's best food writer has a handful of fresh lunch ideas with salmonWhen the weather is hot, the idea of a piece of cold salmon with cucumber salad appeals more than ever, but there are many other, just as quick ways to use it for a summer lunch. Sustainably produced salmon is easy to track down and reasonable in price, too. 1. Salmon in pastrySalmon in pastry. Photograph: Jonathan LovekinI use the excellent organic, all-butter puff pastry from the Dorset Pastry Company, available from wholefood shops, supermarkets and online.

JazzObituaryRamsey Lewis obituaryAmerican jazz pianist whose influence stretched from Britfunk groups in the 1970s to modern performers such as Mariah CareyThe American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, who has died aged 87, enjoyed considerable crossover success. For almost 60 years Lewis was one of the world’s most popular jazz musicians: a knack for interpreting pop songs as jazz instrumentals won him youthful audiences and helped make Lewis’s records part of the soundtrack to British club culture.

MoviesInterviewCountry-soul star Yola: ‘I have a mission. I’m extremely bloody-minded about it’Kate HutchinsonThe Grammy-nominated UK singer on her journey from guesting on dance bangers to starring in Baz Lurhmann’s Elvis, and her long battle for recognition in the white, male-dominated Americana scene When the rumours started that Baz Luhrmann was snooping around Nashville for someone to play Sister Rosetta Tharpe in his Elvis biopic, Yolanda Quartey knew she had to step up.

Richard Caring This article is more than 3 months oldIvy owner ordered to remove ‘excessive’ windows from £40m London mansionThis article is more than 3 months oldRichard Caring loses appeal after council ruled windows were not in keeping with character of conservation area The restaurant and nightclub tycoon Richard Caring has been ordered to remove three windows from his £40m mansion in South Kensington, London, after losing a battle with the local council.

The ObserverBooksReviewThe Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie, Cape £18, pp575The world-famous rock star Ormus Cama has a song that goes: 'It's not supposed to be this way/but you're not here to put it right/And you're not here to hold me tight/It shouldn't be this way.' All through The Ground Beneath Her Feet, part rock-opera, part Indo-classical myth, part love-story, part surreal space-fiction, part seismological meditation, these lines come back to haunt us.

The last of the samurai – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email A collection of rare photographs of samurai presented by Daniella Dangoor is being exhibited at The London Photograph Fair. Most photographs purporting to be of samurai are actually not and were taken after 1877, when the samurai system was abolished. These images are of genuine samurai, taken between 1860 and 1877.

Cyberbullying This article is more than 6 months oldTikTok received more requests to remove child bullying posts than any other social platform in AustraliaThis article is more than 6 months oldeSafety commissioner received 795 requests to remove alleged bullying of children from various social media platforms in past 18 months, with 309 from TikTok Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast TikTok received more requests from Australia’s eSafety commissioner to remove posts that bullied children in the last 18 months than any other social media platform.

NeuroscienceMIT neuroscientist's research suggests how we see is a function of the brain's attempt to manage the world's visual chaosOur eyes are continuously bombarded by visual information – millions of colours, shapes and ever-changing motion – yet seeing never feels like work. Researchers have discovered one reason: our brains perform automatic visual smoothing over time. A study has found that our visual perception of things is influenced by what we saw up to 15 seconds ago.