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Surfing 'It's about the adventure': a look back at Mikala Jones' inspiring surfing career – video obituary Mikala Jones, a Hawaiian surfer known for shooting awe-inspiring photos and videos from the inside of barreling waves, has died after a surfing accident in Indonesia. He was 44 years old. Jones had gone out into the ocean during a trip to the Mentawai Islands off the western coast of Sumatra when his surfboard fin cut his femoral artery, said his father, Dr John Jones.

Holiday guidesItaly holidaysIn our third instalment on less-visited corners of Europe, we look at Italy, home to some of the world’s best-known sights, but also plenty of quieter beauty spots Hidden Greece | Hidden Croatia It’s now more than two years since Italy was the first western country to declare a nationwide lockdown. After travel started again, some Italophiles were surprised to find a country with a very un-British attitude to queues and personal space suddenly distant and obedient.

Kitchen aideVegetablesIt is better, nutritionally speaking, to steam vegetables, but that doesn’t mean you have to, says our panel of cooks Got a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com Every Guardian recipe begins with “boil the vegetable(s)”. We always steam, believing more nutrients and flavour stay in that way, so why are we out of step with your writers? Malcolm, Norwich Right, let’s round up some of the Guardian’s food crew and ask them to explain themselves.

North KoreaKim Ju-ae likely heir to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, says South’s spy agencyIntense speculation over future role of daughter, reportedly 10, comes as North Korea fires shells near South Korean islands The young daughter of Kim Jong-un is seen as her father’s heir apparent, South Korea’s spy agency has said, after speculation that the North Korean ruler is grooming her to become the fourth member of the dynasty to lead the country since its foundation more than seven decades ago.

Bali Nine This article is more than 5 years oldMember of Bali Nine drug smuggling gang dies in prisonThis article is more than 5 years oldTan Duc Thanh Nguyen, who was serving a life sentence, dies of stomach cancer A member of the Bali Nine drug smuggling gang has died of stomach cancer, an Indonesian justice ministry official has said. Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, 34, was serving a life sentence for his role in trying to traffic heroin from the resort island to Australia in 2005.

FashionIronic take on corporate attire reboots yuppie look in age of The Crown and new Gossip Girl In the ultimate moment of fashion revival, the 80s yuppie look is back – but with a difference. The “yindies” (young ironic nostalgic dresser), is bringing back the suited, Wall Street look but with a touch of knowing self-reference and elements of preppy style too. The first cast photograph of the new Gossip Girl reboot, the current season of The Crown, which features Diana Spencer’s 1980s Sloane Ranger chic and the navy suit jacket of Donald Trump impersonator Sarah Cooper, have all riffed on the classic powersuit silhouette.

The ObserverHistory booksReviewMalise Ruthven admires two books that ask how modern conflicts have come to be clothed in the language of medieval holy warsThe historian Marc Bloch, who died a martyr's death when shot by the Nazis, observed that "once an emotional chord has been struck, the limit between past and present is no longer regulated by a mathematically measurable chronology". Although we are approaching the millennium of the First Crusade launched by Pope Urban II in 1095, the spirit of this archetypal conflict between a militant Catholicism and its rival faiths in Iberia, Southern France, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Baltic lives on.

The power of touchSexI had known her for a month or so, and ending up in bed seemed inevitable. The experience elevated touch to a whole new level Welcome to the Guardian’s Power of Touch series Everyone’s “first time” is different: a drunken, messy affair; a gentle experience with a committed partner; a huge disappointment; a satisfying endeavour – or a combination. But some people, myself included, have had more than a single loss of virginity.

TV tonightTelevisionAfter turning 50, Linda (played by Christie) gets on her bike to find herself. Plus: David Tennant stars in There She Goes. Here’s what to watch tonight The Change10pm, Channel 4‘My reproductive life is over? That’s liberating!’ Bridget Christie on comedy, TV and the menopauseRead moreWritten by and starring Bridget Christie, this smart comedy-drama about a woman navigating midlife is fantastic. Linda, 50, has been writing down the so-called “invisible work” she has done as a mother, wife and colleague for 25 years.