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John Boehner John Boehner says he won't stop drinking red wine and smoking for a tilt at US presidency – video US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner says he has no plans to run for president of the United States. The Republican politician tells talkshow host Jay Leno he enjoys mowing his lawn, drinking red wine and smoking cigarettes too much to give them up for a tilt at the White House.

Pop and rockObituaryJoyce Sims obituarySinger and songwriter whose hits All and All and Come Into My Life brought an exciting new sound to pop and became club classicsBetween 1986 and 1989 the American singer and songwriter Joyce Sims, who has died suddenly aged 63, was among the most exciting new voices in popular music. Her biggest hits, All and All (1985) and Come Into My Life (1988), were pioneering recordings that merged R&B with electro, and proved to be widely influential.

Leading questionsLife and styleYou can’t save it without his help, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But no matter the outcome, try to prioritise preserving yourself Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email My husband wants to separate but I don’t; what can I do? We have two small children, one with additional needs. I’m scared about how this will affect them. I feel my husband is deeply depressed and I worry that he is making a decision he will come to regret.

Matthew Broderick: “I was a shy, awkward kid.” Photograph: Corey Nickols/Contour by Getty ImagesMatthew Broderick: “I was a shy, awkward kid.” Photograph: Corey Nickols/Contour by Getty ImagesTelevision & radioInterview‘My legacy? I’m Ferris Bueller’: Matthew Broderick on life, love and opioidsXan BrooksFrom storming the West End with his wife Sarah Jessica Parker, to playing the architect of the US opioids crisis in dark new Netflix drama Painkiller – the star is taking a bold new direction Matthew Broderick’s last screen performance for the foreseeable future takes place over Zoom from his house in the Hamptons for an audience comprised of a Netflix assistant and me.

The ObserverTheatreInterviewPlaywright Alexander Zeldin: ‘Lots of people can make a living being an artist in France. In the UK, that’s not the case’Sarah CromptonThe Paris-based British playwright, back at the National Theatre with The Confessions, inspired by conversations with his mother, talks about the secrets she revealed and the heroism of unexceptional lives “I am always thinking in theatre how to be useful, how not to make it about me,” says playwright Alexander Zeldin, with a slight frown.

Swimming This article is more than 10 years oldDiana Nyad supporters rebut claims of cheating on Cuba-Florida swimThis article is more than 10 years oldLong-distance swimmers have been debating online whether Nyad got a boost from the boat that was accompanying herDiana Nyad's 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida has generated positive publicity and adoration for the 64-year-old endurance athlete – along with skepticism from some members of the small community of marathon swimmers, who are questioning whether she accomplished the feat honestly.

Harry Houdini attempting to escape from a giant milk can in 1908. Photograph: Everett/Rex ShutterstockHarry Houdini attempting to escape from a giant milk can in 1908. Photograph: Everett/Rex ShutterstockMagicInterviewHoudini's big secret: the sidekick who was more skilled than his masterStephen MossWhen Houdini got lowered into water, who padlocked his trunks? A British carpenter and locksmith called Jim Collins. Now a magician has written a play about the forgotten hero of escapology

Guardian Africa networkGhanaAccra exhibition to celebrate work of Paa Joe, the master craftsman behind some of the most extravagant caskets in the world His work has been bought by US presidents and appears in museum collections all over the world – and yet most of Paa Joe’s creations are buried six feet underground. Joe, who turned 69 this week, is Ghana’s most prolific coffin artist and, after five decades in the funeral industry producing some of the world’s most extravagant designs, his work is being celebrated in a major exhibition in Accra.