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The curse of blades and powders: FGM in Somaliland – in pictures Supported by About this content Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Almost all women aged 15 to 49 in the east African state of Somaliland have suffered female genital mutilation. But a campaign to highlight the physical and psychological damage caused by the practice is starting to have an impact

Children's booksChildren's booksTop 10 twins in children's booksFrom The Parent Trap’s Lottie and Lisa to Fred and George Weasley, Francesca Haig sees double as she picks out the greatest twins in children’s books In the post-apocalyptic world of my novel The Fire Sermon, all humans are born as twins. However, the twins share a fatal bond: when one twin dies, so does the other. Literature has long been fascinated by twins, whose uncanny appeal lies in the fact that they’re simultaneously alike and different.

Italy This article is more than 5 months oldAncient Roman cargo ship found on bottom of Mediterranean This article is more than 5 months oldThe vessel, from the first or second century BC, contains hundreds of jars, giving archaeologists insight into ‘ancient maritime trade routes’ An ancient Roman cargo ship dating back to the first or second century BC has been found at the bottom of the Mediterranean in what has been described as an “exceptional” discovery.

Blue Angel... Olsen Photograph: Amanda MarsalisView image in fullscreenBlue Angel... Olsen Photograph: Amanda MarsalisMusicShe made her name with angsty alt-country, but now is tired of being blue. The singer-songwriter discusses her new album and why it’s bigger than gender and sex Of all the artists you’d never expect to find yourself interviewing in a bikini, Angel Olsen is up there with singing nuns the Siervas. A former vocalist for canonical alt-country artist Will Oldham, she made her solo breakthrough with the 2014 album Burn Your Fire For No Witness, which recharged old-time country with grunge and cloaked folk melodies in reverb.

Saracens This article is more than 1 month oldBilly Vunipola available for Saracens after red card overturnedThis article is more than 1 month oldNo 8 was sent off in Champions Cup against BullsCommittee ruled insufficient force used in strike to headThe red card Billy Vunipola received during Saracens’ Champions Cup game against the Bulls on Saturday in South Africa has been overturned. It means the England No 8 is available for the European appointment with Connacht on Saturday.

Tate St IvesObituaryDavid Shalev obituaryArchitect behind the Tate St Ives art gallery in Cornwall, which was opened in 1993 When a new Cornish outpost of the Tate Gallery was commissioned in 1989, hoping to attract 70,000 visitors a year, the idea of building a major cultural attraction to stimulate the local economy was barely understood. A competition for the old gasworks site was won by the life/work partnership of Eldred Evans and David Shalev, who based their design on the site’s old foundations to keep within budget.

Book of the dayFictionReviewAn unflinching portrayal of the slave trade explores its impact down the generations, from 18th-century west Africa to the modern-day USSlavery is an open wound: it will never heal. As such it has provided an endless reserve of material for storytellers, a bottomless well of tragic arcs, epic betrayals, unexpected dimensions and uncharted secrets. What of the black slave owners of Virginia, asked Edward P Jones in The Known World.

The ObserverMusicReviewOn the quiet, Sir Michael Caine is a decent DJ. Not a lot of people know that, says Peter CulshawMy name isn't Michael Caine. If it was, I would have been having dinner at Elton John's a few months back, as you do as fellow knights of the realm, listening to some cool balearic mixes, when I confessed to being a secret DJ who has made little compilation tapes for friends for 40 years.

The ObserverLife and styleElastica limitsAs Britpop's queen, she had everything: In Elastica, she had a best-selling group and in Damon Albarn, a boyfriend lusted after by thousands. But then celebrity took its toll. Justine Frischmann tells Andrew Smith why she'd rather have babies than a bandWe meet at her handsome four-storey Victorian house in Notting Hill. 'I always feel embarrassed to say I live in Notting Hill these days,' Justine Frischmann says, smiling her Mona Lisa with a naughty secret smile.