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Fiona Apple This article is more than 11 years oldFiona Apple arrested on drug chargeThis article is more than 11 years oldSinger admits to possession of hashish and marijuana found on her tour bus after search at US border patrol checkpointFiona Apple has admitted that marijuana and hashish found on her tour bus at a border stop in Texas on Wednesday, leading to her arrest, was hers. Police from the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Office said officers performed a routine search of Apple's 2004 tour bus when it entered the US border patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca.

Men's fashionYes, a man can rock a skirt on the catwalk or the red carpet – but what if your natural habitat is the greasy spoon or street market? Time to slip into that slitted maxi … I love clothes, including those defined as feminine. I rarely wear such things outside, because who’s got the guts? This could be the time. Gendered fashion is, reportedly, dead. After wearing lounge pants for two years, men want to liberate their legs.

My life in sexSexAt first I had mixed emotions, but now I find it extremely exciting, like seeing a porn film, only live We met in 2001, fell instantly in love, and married 14 months later. During our honeymoon in Paris, I suggested we visit a couples-only swingers’ club. It had always been my dream (I’d been married before, but my ex-wife wouldn’t entertain the idea), and luckily my wife agreed.

History booksObituarySir Michael Howard obituaryOne of Britain’s greatest military historians hailed for his 1961 masterpiece The Franco-Prussian WarMichael Howard, who has died aged 97, was the most influential British military historian of his generation. He left a mark on public and professional debate in Britain and internationally. He also had a key part in building institutions: what is now the International Institute for Strategic Studies, based in London, which became the model for similar thinktanks around the world; what is now the Sir Michael Howard Centre for the Study of War at King’s College London; and the graduate studies programme in international relations at Oxford University.

‘The cast of Oil call my dressing room “the shop”’: Brooke Satchwell stars in Oil at the Sydney Theatre Company‘The cast of Oil call my dressing room “the shop”’: Brooke Satchwell stars in Oil at the Sydney Theatre CompanyThree thingsAustralian lifestyleIn our weekly series about objects, the actor tell us about her blended bear family – and her rubber band habit Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Brooke Satchwell’s CV reads like a roll call of Australia’s best-loved TV shows.

THIS SCEPTRED ISLEWhat would happen if nobody voted in the general election? Would the government of the day keep power even though it received no support? Michael Hoyle, Louth, Lincolnshire With turnout falling as fast as it is, it's probably only a matter of time before we find out. Mark Fletcher, Streatham, London, UK Status quo. Even if none of the general public voted, you can be sure the politicians would vote for themselves.

Adobe This article is more than 1 month oldAdobe drops $20bn takeover of Figma after EU and UK regulator concernsThis article is more than 1 month oldUK’s CMA said deal would threaten competition in the product design, image editing and illustration markets Adobe has abandoned its $20bn (£15.8bn) takeover of its smaller rival Figma, after European and UK regulators raised concerns that it would eliminate competition in the product design software market.

Fiction in translationReviewIn this long-winded exploration of a marriage, the bestselling Spanish author is fascinated by uncertainty and self-deception It is a source of continuing regret to me that I’ve never been approached to be a spy – especially since I came of age during the cold war, speak Russian, and went to boarding school and Cambridge. Come to think of it, maybe it looked as if I was trying too hard.

Australian TV reviewAustralian televisionReviewWith twin narratives set in 1994 and 2019, the whodunnit centres on a buried time capsule – but struggles to maintain tension Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email What if a time capsule, buried many years ago, contained a clue to a long-unsolved murder? This is the darkly entertaining premise underpinning Stan’s six-part original series Black Snow: a mostly well-made murder mystery that starts strong but runs out of gas as it approaches its twist-filled ending.