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OpinionDating This article is more than 8 years oldValentine's Day isn't about you, men. It's about lavishing love on womenThis article is more than 8 years oldAnna BreslawMen act like helpless damsels in distress all year round, expecting women to pick up the slack. It’s not too much to expect one day of total goddess treatment Like chocolates, candy hearts and generic cards, the yearly resurrection of the high-maintenance girlfriend trope on Valentine’s Day is inevitable.

OpinionWomen This article is more than 9 years old'Miss' must stay. As a teacher I can say thatThis article is more than 9 years oldLola OkolosieIn the classroom being called 'Miss' isn't a feminist issue: it's not a reference to my marital status but an indication of respectApparently, calling a female teacher Miss is not a sign of respect. Instead, it diminishes her authority, because the word – used in class since the Victorian era – is simply a marker of a woman's unmarried status.

The nature of ...Whales This article is more than 9 months oldA whale: sleeping vertically, they look as though they could stop timeThis article is more than 9 months oldHelen SullivanBlood rushes through its veins and the whale’s enormous body shakes slightly Blue whales are the largest animal ever to have lived – including the dinosaurs – which also makes them the largest animal ever to have slept. All that sleep!

EnvironmentObituaryEdward GoldsmithEnvironmental campaigner and writer who founded The Ecologist magazineEdward Goldsmith, who has died aged 80, was an influential environmental scholar, polemicist and campaigner who founded and edited the Ecologist. A special issue in 1972, Blueprint for Survival, proposing the formation of a movement for sustainability, was published as a book, sold 750,000 copies in 17 languages and led to the foundation of the People party, later the Ecology party, which eventually became the Green party.

Observer book of the weekBiography booksReviewThe former NME star writer rewatches the films of the German director and writes hauntingly about the way our tastes and passions change over time A dream prospect. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the short-lived, self-destructive wunderkind who made movies about love as masochism, pain as an inevitable condition and history as a dire weight upon his native Germany, has long been in need of an equally forthright celebration.

Football This article is more than 19 years oldFoe's widow to sueThis article is more than 19 years oldThe widow of Cameroon's Marc-Vivien Foe, who died of a heart attack during a Confederations Cup match last year, is suing the French Football Federation for failing to provide sufficient medical support. Foe's wife, Marie-Louise, is demanding to see FFF documents regarding the exact medical staff and equipment in place after her husband collapsed in the 72nd minute of the semi-final against Colombia at Lyon's Gerland Stadium, and later died.

Pass notesHealth & wellbeingThe planets have transitioned through Pisces, something which last happened in 1856, and has ushered in better times ahead – apparently Name: Good luck. Frequency: Once every 13 years. Appearance: An amazing conjunction of planets. Really? Astrology in the Guardian? Is that what things have come to? Oh, I’m sorry. Too good to hear about rare and wonderful interplanetary events, are we? Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying.

BarclaysAnalysisJes Staley: account of relationship with Epstein comes under scrutinyRupert NeateRegulators will compare the version of events he shared with Barclays with emails from JP Morgan Why did the FCA investigate and are its findings public? Jes Staley steps down after Epstein investigation When it was revealed last year that Jes Staley had sailed his luxury yacht to a meeting with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on his private Caribbean island, the Barclays boss told colleagues he was “going nowhere”.

Lionel Messi This article is more than 3 months oldLionel Messi returns but Inter Miami loss ends MLS playoff contentionThis article is more than 3 months oldMiami lost 1-0 to Cincinnati on Saturday nightMessi returned from injury to play 35 minutesLionel Messi’s first season in Major League Soccer will end without a trip to the playoffs after Inter Miami’s 1-0 loss to FC Cincinnati on Saturday night. Messi entered in the 55th minute and went scoreless for the fourth straight league game since getting a goal in the 89th minute of his MLS debut.