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Christina Crawford, aged 7, with her mother, Joan … ‘We don’t recognise the long-term psychological damage that is inflicted on people who are abused.’ Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann ArchiveChristina Crawford, aged 7, with her mother, Joan … ‘We don’t recognise the long-term psychological damage that is inflicted on people who are abused.’ Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann ArchiveChild protectionHer memoir of life with her abusive adoptive mother, the Hollywood superstar Joan Crawford, was perhaps the first ever to document child abuse from the point of view of the child.

SpiritualizedAfter 22 years of 'taking drugs to make music to take drugs to' the Spiritualized frontman decided it was time for a medical checkup. The news wasn't goodListen to a stream of Sweet Heart Sweet Light Jason Pierce – AKA J Spaceman – has a reputation as one of rock's primary cosmonauts. His first band, Spacemen 3, had a motto: "Taking drugs to make music to take drugs to." Spiritualized – whose various lineups he has fronted for the past 22 years – have made seven albums awash with druggy imagery, including the 1997 landmark Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, which came packaged as a giant pill.

Referees This article is more than 9 months oldLiga MX referee appears to knee player in groin after VAR demandThis article is more than 9 months oldMexico football federation launches investigation Player defends referee after Leon v America gameMexico’s football federation have launched an investigation after footage emerged of a referee appearing to knee a player in the groin during America’s Liga MX match against Leon on Saturday. #LigaMx 🇲🇽

The ObserverTaiwanTaiwan elects Lai Ching-te, from incumbent pro-sovereignty party, as presidentLai’s Democratic Progressive party wins unprecedented third term in result likely to anger China Taiwan has voted for Lai Ching-te to be its next president, ushering in a historic third term in power for the pro-sovereignty Democratic Progressive party (DPP), in a result that will anger Beijing and heighten tensions across the Taiwan strait. The victory of Lai, who since 2020 had served as vice-president to Tsai Ing-wen, marks the continuation of a government that promoted a sovereign Taiwan and a national identity separate to China, and oversaw some of the deepest cross-strait tensions in decades as Beijing pushed towards its goal of annexation.

The ObserverPoetryReviewThe songwriter and poet’s final writings are full of youthful spark, beauty and romanceThe first time I came across Leonard Cohen – before I had ever heard his songs – I was an opinionated 16-year-old. I was drawn to a volume of his poetry in a bookshop but when I got it home dismissed it as a) too depressed and b) – more snootily – as not literature. Now, decades later, I no longer care whether Cohen’s work is literature.

Alys Fowler's gardening columnGardensYou can boil, mash, roast or fry this Andean tuber. Even the leaves taste good In this damp, cool weather, most of the garden is tumbling into decline, yet one plant flourishes. Mashua has spent the autumn sending out tendrils, racing upwards and triumphantly flowering where it finds the most sun; below ground, its tubers are fattening up. Mashua, Tropaeolum tuberosum, is a perennial cousin of the nasturtium.

BluesObituaryJerry McCain obituarySinger and harmonica-player who gave a fresh rinse to the bluesDespite its connotations of misery and bad luck, the blues is no less flexible a medium for humour, satire and topical commentary. Few artists in recent times have demonstrated this more vivaciously than the singer and harmonica-player Jerry McCain, who has died aged 81. The dozens of songs he wrote in a career spanning six decades embraced the wry social observation of That's What They Want, My Next Door Neighbour and Viagra Man, message songs such as Burn the Crackhouse Down and more playful pieces such as Homogenized Love.

Davos delegates from Will.i.am to the CEOs of Bank of America, Yahoo and Microsoft discuss the need to create stillness in our lives as technological sophistication grows exponentially, writes Jo Confino Published: 26 Jan 2015 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRooaibn6OzqrrO

InternetHow pop star’s ‘twin who was locked in a basement her whole life’ captured the web’s creatives and fans with onslaught of Poot memes and Photoshop efforts In the best conspiracy theory to hit the internet ever (and that’s not difficult, given that most of them are offensive in one way or another and involve terrorism), a Tumblr user has discovered the (possible) existence of pop star Demi Lovato’s twin sister, Poot Lovato.