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US Capitol attackInterview‘Pence was disloyal at exactly the right time’: author Jonathan Karl on the Capitol attackDavid Smith in WashingtonA new book, Betrayal, dissects the final, authoritarian spasm of the Trump presidency, and Karl warns: ‘We came close to losing it all’ How did it come to this? For five wretched hours, the vice-president of the United States found himself hiding in a barren underground garage with no windows or furniture.

BooksThe darling of the 60s is this decade's has-been. But is France's famous philosopher and author due for a revival? Richard Eyre thinks he deserves itIn this country, Jean-Paul Sartre is as unfashionable as loon pants. So it is hard to imagine a world in which, as Iris Murdoch said after she briefly met Sartre in 1945 in Brussels, "His presence in the city was like that of a pop star.

The girl suffered an adverse reaction to ‘MasterCard’ ecstasy at the DLDK event at Victoria Warehouse in Trafford.The girl suffered an adverse reaction to ‘MasterCard’ ecstasy at the DLDK event at Victoria Warehouse in Trafford.UK news This article is more than 7 years oldGirl's death after taking 'MasterCard' ecstasy prompts police warningThis article is more than 7 years oldPolice urge anyone who may have taken particular form of drug to seek medical attention after teenager dies in Manchester

ChildbirthThere's the blood, the pain, the second thoughts. Are home births an unnecessary trial – or the most rewarding way to have a baby? Amelia Hill joins one woman in labour to find out"It hurts!" wails Karen King, gripping the rim of the birthing pool, her face contorted in agony. The midwife looks up from her file of notes. "I know," she says calmly. "It means you're getting there." From somewhere deep inside, Karen expels a shattering howl.

TheatreReviewWyndham’s theatre, London This stage version of Yann Martel’s novel is exquisitely designed but the wonder leaks away in flat-footed storytelling Life of Pi had a first life as a Booker prize-winning novel by Yann Martel and a second as an Oscar-winning film by Ang Lee. Both were utterly captivating. Now comes playwright Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage spectacular (first presented in Sheffield in 2019) about Piscine “Pi” Patel, the zookeeper’s son from Pondicherry who claims to have survived a shipwreck in a life-raft with a Bengal tiger in tow.

Leeds holidaysDesigned by 20 artists, the rooms at this imaginative hub are not just places to sleep but fascinating installations too In one room, tiny sheep tiptoe above a bunk bed and there are hoof-prints across the cement floor. In the room next door, carrier bags have been twisted into a light fixture in the fashion of a Hindu flower garland. Down the hall, lost mementoes including holiday postcards, bingo tickets and grainy photos decorate a glitter- and confetti-strewn resin floor.

TV reviewTelevisionReviewDynamite chemistry, effortlessly zingy dialogue and whip-smart gags delivered at breakneck pace – this glorious comedy-drama gets the utterly fitting send-off it deserves Tits up! Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Emmy-winning comedy-drama, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, is taking a final bow with this fifth season. Some argue that along the way, the show’s quality has dipped in parts and run for one season too many – but a woman’s journey from being a doting 1950s housewife to a divorced standup comedian was never going to be swift.

The most exciting films of 2017The most exciting film dramas of 2017Concluding our 10-part series of the movies we are most looking forward to next year, we run through the ones that promise to pack plenty of emotional punch Read more of our most anticipated films of 2017 Book of HenryNaomi Watts raises two boys – one (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) pretty average, the other, Henry (her St Vincent co-star Jaeden Lieberher), a child genius.

HousingEvicted or driven out by rent rises, people are turning to caravans as a cheap option. Some love the lifestyle – but for others, it is cold and unsafe Jake Lee moved into a caravan two years ago and has never been happier. Before buying his static in Moray, Scotland, Lee was a Londoner. Fifteen years earlier, he’d taken out an interest-only mortgage – or, as he puts it, “one of these mortgages that shouldn’t have been given out”.