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‘HIV did huge damage to breastfeeding,’ says Anna Coutsoudis. ‘It’s taken a long time and a lot of research to change perceptions’. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP‘HIV did huge damage to breastfeeding,’ says Anna Coutsoudis. ‘It’s taken a long time and a lot of research to change perceptions’. Photograph: Peter Dejong/APWorking in developmentIn a country where a premature baby dies every 20 minutes, community-based organisations are leading a shift in perception to breastfeeding – and saving lives

Categories Nooks and crannies Yesteryear Semantic enigmas The body beautiful Red tape, white lies Speculative science This sceptred isle Root of all evil Ethical conundrums This sporting life Stage and screen Birds and the bees YESTERYEARWhich books were removed from the New Testament in AD 367 by Athanasius of Alexandria, in AD393 by the Council of Hippo and in AD397 by the Council of Carthage?

Yannis Philippakis from Foals photographed last month by Phil Fisk at the Old Nun’s Head in south London for Observer Music.Yannis Philippakis from Foals photographed last month by Phil Fisk at the Old Nun’s Head in south London for Observer Music.The ObserverFoalsYannis Philippakis of Foals: ‘There’s something feral in me’Foals’ brand of fierce, amorphous rock has brought them rare success as a guitar band in the age of the solo artist.

OpinionSelf-driving cars This article is more than 1 month oldDriverless cars were the future but now the truth is out: they’re on the road to nowhereThis article is more than 1 month oldChristian WolmarFor all the billions spent, the dream of these vehicles ruling the roads remains just that. It would be much smarter to focus on public transport Developing driverless cars has been AI’s greatest test. Today we can say it has failed miserably, despite the expenditure of tens of billions of dollars in attempts to produce a viable commercial vehicle.

The ObserverIsrael-Gaza warAnalysisHumanitarian pause v ceasefire – the debate over how to ease Gaza’s sufferingEmma Graham-HarrisonWhile there is growing consensus on the need to help civilians, there is fierce division over how to go about it Israel-Hamas war: live updates Most of the world agrees that the intensity of Israel’s attack on Gaza, while aimed at Hamas, is causing unbearable suffering to its civilians, pummelled from the air and running out of food, water and medical supplies.

ArtIt's the painting the web is abuzz about - but what does it meanYou recognise some of them, but not all of them. So it is with the 103 famous people in this bizarrely ingenious Taiwanese oil painting, Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante, which has become an online cult. Echoes of classic art seem to spring out from every point - yet they are fiendishly elusive. Pinning down the exact quotations of famous works is harder than it looks and can tease you just as certainly as trying to identify everyone.

Music This article is more than 14 years oldKirsty MacColl's mother ends campaign for justice after nine yearsThis article is more than 14 years oldOn anniversary of singer's death, her mother abandons bid to bring to justice the man she believes killed her daughterThe anniversary next week of her daughter's untimely death will find Jean MacColl at the Brixton Academy, south London, watching The Pogues belt out the Christmas classic Fairytale of New York.

AdelaideLouise Bell murder case: Dieter Pfennig convicted of killing schoolgirlCourt finds former physics teacher guilty beyond reasonable doubt, of the crime in Adelaide more than 30 years ago Dieter Pfennig has been found guilty of murdering the Adelaide schoolgirl Louise Bell more than 30 years ago. The supreme court justice Michael David delivered his verdict on Friday, finding the 68-year-old former physics teacher guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Louise was abducted through her bedroom window in Hackham West in January 1983.

Mad Men: notes from the break roomMad MenIn the aftermath of the merger, we see Don and Ted duelling for supremacy – and a kinky game involving SylviaSPOILER ALERT: This blog is for those who are watching season six of Mad Men. Don't read on if you haven't seen episode seven. Catch up with Paul MacInnes's episode six blog here. "He's mysterious and I can't tell if he's putting it on.