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‘No one wants to hear me singing about the woes of the world or about how depressed I have been…’ Seal. Photograph: Philip Cheung/The Guardian‘No one wants to hear me singing about the woes of the world or about how depressed I have been…’ Seal. Photograph: Philip Cheung/The GuardianSealInterviewSeal on homelessness, hits and love: ‘My father gave me one beating too many – and I was out the door’Ammar KaliaAfter 30 years in music, the man who sang Crazy, Killer and Kiss from a Rose still hasn’t come to terms with fame.

Stephen Colbert This article is more than 1 month oldStephen Colbert cancels week of shows due to burst appendixThis article is more than 1 month oldThe comedian revealed on social media that he is recovering after surgery, wiping out planned shows for the week First this fall, another round with Covid-19 shuttered Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show. Now the show is again sidelined as the host recovers from a burst appendix.

WeatherwatchTic, tic, tic, tittic, titititic. Tune in to www.lightningmaps.org late on an August afternoon and this is the noise you hear. Each fresh dot on the map represents a lightning bolt, which zapped the ground just seconds ago. From the comfort of your armchair you can watch as a line of storms bubbles up over Hungary and Romania, and spot when Thor's hammer strikes Sweden. This mesmerising map was created in 2012 by German duo Egon Wanke and Tobias Volgnandt, who wanted to democratise access to lightning strike data, and have a bit of fun.

The ObserverFreddie Mercury This article is more than 1 year oldFreddie Mercury’s ‘priceless’ stamp collection to be celebratedThis article is more than 1 year oldPostal Museum show celebrates the Queen singer’s youthful passion for philately All Queen fans know how much Freddie Mercury liked to ride his bicycle but fewer are aware of the flamboyant frontman’s other great childhood hobby: collecting stamps. Now, for the first time, the Postal Museum is to put one of Mercury’s “priceless” collector’s albums on show – its value enhanced by the fact that it is one of the late rock star’s rare personal possessions in museum ownership.

EducationImpact of pornography not taught enough in schools in England, survey findsThree years after mandatory sex education introduced, results show issue of unsafe relationships also not taught sufficiently Students are not being taught enough about the impact of pornography and dangerous relationships, even as the threat of online misogyny increases, according to a survey. Three years after the government introduced relationships and sex education (RSE), the survey reveals that young people feel they have seen no improvement in the quality of sex education they receive, and current teaching fails to tackle modern harms.

Pennsylvania This article is more than 11 months oldMars Wrigley fined after two workers tumbled into chocolate tank last yearThis article is more than 11 months oldFederal workplace authorities fined the popular Pennsylvania candy factory $14,500 and categorized citation as ‘serious’ US federal workplace authorities have fined a popular Pennsylvania candy factory more than $14,500 after two of its employees fell into a large tub of chocolate last year. In a scene that could have come from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, two workers last June landed in the tub at the Mars Wrigley factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.

Israel-Gaza war‘No Xmas as usual’: pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate in US cities Organizers focus on second-most popular shopping day in cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters waved the pan-Arab-colors flag and wore the symbolic Palestinian keffiyeh in a series of coordinated “No Xmas as Usual in a Genocide” rallies and marches across the US on Saturday. ‘It’s impossible to celebrate’: Gaza war opens fissures among US ChristiansRead moreOrganizers with Shut It Down for Palestine said the organization had focused its protests on the second-most popular shopping day of the year – the day before Christmas Eve – as part of ongoing civic and commercial disruptions.

WSL player in focusReading WomenInterviewReading’s Sanne Troelsgaard: ‘Teammates ask how I go home and work’Ella BraidwoodDenmark midfielder discusses her online fitness company, stopping for months after her father died and her World Cup dream Sanne Troelsgaard is, by her own admission, “not a normal professional football player”. Instead of winding down after training – perhaps by watching some Netflix, like her teammates – the Reading midfielder gets straight back to work on what she describes as her “online coaching universe”: that is her own company, Troelsgaard Fitness, set up during the pandemic.

Metal This article is more than 1 year oldSteve Grimmett, frontman of metal band Grim Reaper, dies aged 62This article is more than 1 year oldPart of the new wave of British heavy metal, Grim Reaper formed in 1979, with Grimmett joining in 1982 Steve Grimmett, the frontman of British heavy metal band Grim Reaper known for his piercing head voice, has died aged 62. The news was confirmed by his son Russ Grimmett on Facebook: “We can’t begin to put into words the current feelings.