The best vinyl album covers of 2023 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The annual Art Vinyl prize for the best designed vinyl album cover has announced its shortlist, celebrating the creatives behind the most memorable covers this year. The winner will be announced in January 2024, and all will be exhibited at Quarterhouse in Folkestone. Here’s a selection of the best

You should’ve asked. Illustration: EmmaYou should’ve asked. Illustration: EmmaGenderThe French comic artist Emma illustrates the concept of the ‘mental load’. When a man expects his partner to ask him to do things, he is viewing her as the manager of their household chores Maternity leave is like a vacation, right? A feminist comic 2345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaK%2Bfp7mle5FpaHBnnZbGcH6VaJ6eppSav27DwKuqZqCfqsCmtM6lm2abmKS%2Fpr%2BMnKamoZM%3D

Football DailySoccerSign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! BABY, WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUTPetty. Immature. Hilarious. Call it what you like, Alianza Lima produced a glorious segment for our Fun and Games in South America department after losing out to Universitario for the Peruvian league title on Wednesday night. Following a 1-1 draw away in the first leg against their city rivals, Alianza were confident of clinching glory in the return game as the clásico title playoff concluded.

Television & radioObituaryAnthony Bate obituaryActor best known for British television espionage dramasThe actor Anthony Bate, who has died aged 84, had many starring roles on British television but will be best remembered for three espionage dramas. He was firmly at the centre of the action as the double agent Kim Philby in Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977). The writer Ian Curteis's feature-length account of the Cambridge spy-ring saga also featured Derek Jacobi (Burgess) and Michael Culver (Maclean) as the traitors passing American atomic secrets to the KGB.

ChildrenChildren trafficked into Britain for sacrifice ritualsAn unknown number of children are being trafficked from Africa and then used in ritualistic abuse and sacrifice offerings in the UK, according to a leaked report from the Metropolitan police. The confidential report, leaked to the BBC, means police have discovered what has been known for years, African community activists say. Many trafficked children suffer abuse at the hands of their relatives and guardians, such as the 10-year-old girl known only as Child B, whose aunt and two other adults were convicted this month for torturing her after the girl was branded a witch by church leaders.