MoviesAfter years in teen dramas and a squeaky-clean pop group, the 22-year-old has taken on the role of the notorious murderer. But changing his image is all part of the plan Ross Lynch has just taken the strangest journey. After almost a decade as a successful teen-idol musician, touring the world with his family band R5, and as an established aristocrat in the realm of teen TV shows, he has jumped from the Disney Channel to playing serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

Brigid Delaney's diaryYoung people This article is more than 2 years oldI once worked as a ‘dish pig’ in a seminary. It was character-revealingThis article is more than 2 years oldBrigid DelaneyToday’s teens may know the Pythagoras theorem, but do they know how to wash dishes or make gravy in mass quantities? “I’m training”, says the badge, or “Trainee”. Or they tell you “I’m new”, and that it’s their third shift.

Democrats This article is more than 1 year old‘She answers to billionaires’: some Democrats not sorry to see Sinema leaveThis article is more than 1 year oldSenator’s decision to register as independent after playing spoiler role brings Democrats’ bitterness towards lawmaker to surface Upon learning that the Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema was leaving their party, some Democrats’ reactions could best be summed up with two words: good riddance. The lawmaker has been a thorn in their side since the early days of Joe Biden’s presidency, snarling negotiations over the White House’s priorities and voting down reforms dear to progressives such as raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and reforming the Senate filibuster.

FictionReviewNaomi Alderman on other-world warsIain M Banks has never been known to spare his characters suffering. Across his previous Culture novels, major and minor players have been blown up, tortured, hacked to pieces and, in one particularly gruesome example, skinned and turned into a chair. Within the first four chapters of Surface Detail, Banks introduces three likable, sympathetic characters and then immediately appears to kill them off. But in the world of the Culture, where a neural lace woven into the brain allows people to back themselves up, and simulated realities can be indistinguishable from the real thing, death is rarely permanent.

Kanye WestThe rapper delivered snippets of his new album to a confused stadium of attendees in Atlanta, teasing a possible return to form after recent controversies The circular ring of screens at the top of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta went dark at 9.42pm on Thursday. The crowd released a brief, approving cheer at the sign of progress, only to realise that the show had still not begun. “It’s Kanye West,” said Christopher Hicks, a music executive living in Atlanta who attended the listening party with his teenage son, before the music began to play.