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Tractor-trailers travel on the snow-streaked lanes of US Highway 20 during a blizzard near Holstein, Iowa, on Saturday. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/APTractor-trailers travel on the snow-streaked lanes of US Highway 20 during a blizzard near Holstein, Iowa, on Saturday. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/APUS weatherMillions face below-zero temperatures in US as winter storms bring Arctic airWarnings of subfreezing conditions in Montana and the Dakotas as severe cold could push as far as northern Texas

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Travel writingReviewA solitary and deeply personal journey to the north of Scotland is rich in myth and mystery Travel writer Philip Marsden had never skippered a boat anywhere he couldn’t reach by lunchtime. Yet he decided to sail single-handed up the west coast of Ireland and the Inner Hebrides to the Summer Isles in northern Scotland. As Marsden set out in early spring, he asked himself: “What, in God’s name, have I taken on?

Book of the daySociety booksReviewThese nine feminist essays about female celebrities of the 00s expose the casual sexism of the era and the way it shaped ordinary women’s lives Britney, Paris, Kim. Poor Jen, messy Lindsay, talented yet tragic Amy. If you were an even vaguely young woman in the 00s, these celebrities’ first names alone probably conjure memories. They were our cultural wallpaper, female icons made and too often broken by mass media, in whom we hunted “for clues about what a woman ought to be”, as the journalist Sarah Ditum writes.

Know all about the Bard? Photograph: Leemage/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesKnow all about the Bard? Photograph: Leemage/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesThe quizLife and styleWhat is the only Shakespeare play set in Spain? The Weekend quizFrom a bus driver to Buddy Holly: test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz The questions1 Who was bus driver James F Blake’s most celebrated passenger? 2 What is the only Shakespeare play set in Spain? 3 Which organisation adopted the crystal as its third official symbol?

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex This article is more than 2 years old'Racism is racism': Meghan and Harry's Oprah interview lauded in USThis article is more than 2 years oldMedia observers and TV viewers praise couple and interviewer as conversation continues 48 hours after airing Oprah Winfrey’s Sunday primetime interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex following their step back from royal duties amassed over 17 million viewers on the night, and is still being dissected and debated by US media, and in households across the country, 48 hours after it first aired.

Depeche ModeReviewTwickenham Stadium, London Dave Gahan is a mic-spinning, limb-bending, theatrical marvel as the band gallop through decades’ worth of hits. And the presence of Andrew Fletcher, the keyboardist who died last year, is touchingly felt Depeche Mode have been thrilling stadiums for 35 years now. Immortalised in their classic tour movie 101, their first ever megashow, at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, established rules of engagement which pertain to this day.

Snakes This article is more than 2 months old‘Extremely venomous’ green mamba on the loose in NetherlandsThis article is more than 2 months oldPolice in southern city of Tilburg tell residents to stay indoors after owner reported missing snake An “extremely venomous” 2-metre green mamba snake is on the loose in the Netherlands, police have said, warning residents to stay indoors and under no circumstances attempt to ensnare the serpent.

Pop and rockObituaryGary Rossington obituarySongwriter, guitarist and founding member of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for its single Sweet Home AlabamaThe guitarist Gary Rossington, who has died aged 71, was the last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, who formed in Florida in the mid-1960s. He was a pivotal part of the group as both musician and songwriter, his most arresting claim to fame being his slide guitar work on the band’s imperishable theme song, Free Bird.

MoviesObituaryGeorge Kennedy obituaryActor known for his roles in Cool Hand Luke, the Naked Gun trilogy and AirportGeorge Kennedy, who has died aged 91, was known mainly for three movie roles, each of which represented a different aspect of his career: as heavy, hero and clown. They were the bullying convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke (1967) – for which he won the Oscar for best supporting actor – aviation expert Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s, and Captain Ed Hocken, the none-too-bright sidekick of bumbling cop Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) in the spoof Naked Gun trilogy (1988-94).