NOOKS AND CRANNIESWhat is the name of the little indentation on the upper lip just beneath the nose, and does it serve any meaningful purpose? S. Woods, Montreal Canada
It's called a philtrum and I don't think it has a purpose as such. In the developing foetus, it is the point at which the two sides of the face join together so it might be appropriate to think of it as a kind of 'seam'.
Donald Trump Fights break out at pro-Trump rally in California – video President Trump supporters clash with counter-protestors dressed in all black at a Make America Great Again rally on Bolsa Chica state beach in California. Fights broke out between the two groups on Saturday which saw four counter-protesters being arrested - three for illegal use of pepper spray and one for assault and battery
Fights erupt at pro-Donald Trump rally on California beach Source: Twitter/ Kyle Morris & Ben Brazil
US news blogLGBTQ+ rightsHow to be gay in 10 easy stepsThe gay community really could use some sort of shared experience to bring us all together, you know, besides being gayThe other day when I tweeted my distaste for the latest Kylie Minogue single (a form of sacrilege in some circles) one of my followers replied with one of my least favorite phrases: "We're going to revoke your gay card." Not only is this trite rejoinder (thanks to Ellen DeGeneres, we've been joking about earning toasters for nearly 15 years now) but it maintains the illusion that one must like certain things in order to be gay.
STAGE AND SCREENIn which play did a character say, 'Anyone for tennis?' IN Bernard Shaw's Misalliance (1910), Johnny Tarleton, son of a tycoon who has made a fortune out of manufacturing underwear, asks: 'Anybody for a game of tennis?' G E Brown, Sidcup. Kent.
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OpinionLGBTQ+ rights This article is more than 6 years oldIs the saccharine message of #Loveislove really what Pride is about?This article is more than 6 years oldJustin MyersI’d prefer the old Queer Nation chant – “We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it” – to a statement that says ‘picture LGBT people falling in love and you’ll hate us less’
In times of crisis or uncertainty, we turn to love. Ostensibly free of charge, relatively easy to administer, available 24/7 and on the go, love is the very thing that makes us human.
New York Mets This article is more than 1 month oldNew York Mets hit with record $101m luxury tax bill after fourth-place finishThis article is more than 1 month oldNew York must pay nearly $101m for exceeding salary capMets finished fourth despite most expensive team in historyThe New York Mets must pay a record luxury tax of nearly $101m after a fourth-place finish in their division, among an unprecedented eight teams that owe the penalty for the 2023 season.
David Williams's wines of the weekWineReviewTwo bottles from Lebanon and one from Morocco to give your taste buds something a little differentDomaine des Tourelles Red, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon 2010 (£8.70, allaboutwine.co.uk; newstreetwineshop.co.uk) "Plucky" is the adjective that tends to describe Lebanese winemakers, working as they do in conditions that can be challenging for reasons other than the weather. But there's more to the wines than the tale of their production. There's real flair, for example, in this blend of syrah, cabernet sauvignon and cinsault from the country's oldest commercial winery, Domaine des Tourelles.
Tina Turner This article is more than 7 months oldThrough pain and joy, Tina Turner wrote herself into pop history again and againThis article is more than 7 months oldAlexis PetridisWith her commanding stage presence and astonishingly powerful voice, unbowed even in the face of abuse, Turner lit up every phase of 20th century pop
There is a great photograph of Tina Turner, taken for Vogue by Jack Robinson in 1969, the year she and her husband, Ike, supported the Rolling Stones on their US tour.
FilmFor the return of the gory Saw franchise, Guardian writers remember the hardest scenes of big screen violence they’ve had to endure
The club – IrréversibleVincent Cassel in Irréversible Photograph: Allstar/LE STUDIO CANALA rape-revenge thriller told in reverse, Gaspar Noé’s infamous provocation opens with the revenge part first, as two men (Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel) embark on a frantic search for the monster who sexually assaulted and mutilated the woman (Monica Bellucci) at the center of their lives.
Books interviewFictionInterviewWilliam Brewer: ‘The Red Arrow isn’t a drug book, but…’Anthony CumminsThe American author on how his own experience of psychedelic therapy sparked his debut novel, and his poems about the opioid epidemic
William Brewer, 33, is the author of I Know Your Kind (2017), a collection of poems about poverty and drug addiction in West Virginia, where he was born and grew up. Selected for the prestigious National Poetry Series in the US, and cited as an inspiration by Ocean Vuong, he has been described by New York magazine as “America’s poet laureate of the opioid crisis”.