Each week, the Guardian Weekend magazine's editorial team choose a picture, or set of pictures, that particularly tickle their fancy. This week, their choice is Spencer Tunick's Desert Spirits “It’s a lot of work getting people naked, especially in England,” says Spencer Tunick, the American photographer
famous for his nude installation projects around the world. Of his 2005 project in Newcastle and Gateshead,
Tunick says, “Despite the fact that we got a lot of people there, it was hard to convince people to take a leap of faith
Leo Tolstoy This article is more than 14 years oldSofia Tolstoy's diaries paint bleak portrait of marriage to LeoThis article is more than 14 years oldNew edition of Sofia's journals record miserable life with the Russian masterThe famous opening line of Anna Karenina tells us that "all happy families are alike, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way". Now the diaries of Leo Tolstoy's wife Sofia are set to cast a new light on the troubled family life of perhaps the greatest Russian writer of them all.
Sea The StarsA champion horse can earn millions in prize money. But that's nothing compared with what it can make at stud. As Sea the Stars - one of the greatest thoroughbreds of all time - retires at the peak of his career to an Irish stud farm, what does the future hold for him?What an odd town Newmarket is. A town that runs on expensive horseflesh and cheap alcohol. A town of nightclubs and early-morning gallops, with the same very thin men sometimes managing to attend both.
Hip-hop This article is more than 10 years oldThree 6 Mafia co-founder Lord Infamous dies aged 40This article is more than 10 years oldRapper, born Ricky Dunigan, reportedly found dead at his mother's home in Memphis following a heart attackThree 6 Mafia co-founder Lord Infamous died on the night of 20 December, aged 40, it has been reported.
The musician, born Ricky Dunigan, was reportedly found by his mother at her home in Memphis on Friday night.
Conservatives This article is more than 3 months oldTory candidate shared post using foul language towards struggling parentsThis article is more than 3 months oldAndrew Cooper defends sharing of Facebook post condemning people who cannot feed their children and pay for phone contract
A Conservative byelection candidate has defended sharing a Facebook post telling jobless parents who cannot feed their children to “fuck off” if they still pay a £30 phone bill.