The ObserverHistory booksReviewThe story of the mission to find the wrecks of two long-lost ships from Sir John Franklin’s 1845 Arctic expedition is timely and compellingThe fate of Sir John Franklin and his lost crew has had a remarkable hold on the public imagination for more than 170 years. The 59-year-old mariner set sail in May 1845 in the best-equipped expedition ever launched to find the North-West Passage to the Pacific.

OpinionEaster This article is more than 6 years oldJesus was on the side of the poor and exploited. Christian politicians should remember thatThis article is more than 6 years oldBrad ChilcottFollowing Jesus requires we love people in costly solidarity, and requires us to expose any ideology that pretends inequality is natural or ordained by God In the church I grew up in it was culturally assumed that Christians would vote Liberal.

MoviesA true star isn’t somebody film lovers rave about, but someone you could easily pick out of a lineup – like Meryl Streep, but not Charlie Hunnam Like many film critics, I started out to be a mortician, but got sidetracked. Yet vestiges of that childhood vocation linger on in my lifelong fascination with autopsies, particularly postmortems involving epic film failures. In this context, I have thought a lot about King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, a colossal bomb.

The rural networkCattle This article is more than 5 months oldNo bull: Australian Angus stud sells for record $360,000 at auctionThis article is more than 5 months oldTexas Thunderstruck becomes the most expensive bull sold in the country amid a surge in prices Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast An Australian Angus bull has sold for a record-breaking $360,000 – making it the most expensive bull sold in Australia.

The art of baring it all: the Observer’s cover from 21 June 1992. Photograph: Andre RauThe art of baring it all: the Observer’s cover from 21 June 1992. Photograph: Andre RauFrom the Observer archiveLife and styleYoung actors discuss their conflicted feelings about having to strip in front of the cameras in an industry before the #metoo movementIn 1992, the Observer took a look at high-end on-screen nudity, talking to the young women ‘not afraid to bare all in the name of quality entertainment’.