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Chelsea Manning: ‘I’m not an actor or a movie star. Even YouTubers make more money than me.’ Photograph: Camila Falquez/The Guardian. Dress: Balenciaga Photograph: Camila Falquez/The GuardianNihilist, anarchist, idealist, troubled young transperson crying out for help: when a 22-year-old US military analyst leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, everyone thought they knew why. They were wrong, she says. This is what really happened by Emma BrockesChelsea Manning’s memoir opens like a Jason Bourne novel with a scene in which the then 22-year-old, on the last day of two weeks’ military leave, tries to leak an enormous amount of classified data via a sketchy wifi connection in a Barnes & Noble in Maryland. [Read More]

OpinionParents and parenting This article is more than 8 months oldI took my kids to the playground without my phone – and it was a revelationThis article is more than 8 months oldEmma BrockesRelaxing into the boredom, it occurred to me that moments like these might just be what life is all about It is a truism of parenting that it goes so fast, but as anyone who has been forced to sit on a bench and watch their children run tireless circuits of the playground knows, sometimes it goes so slowly you feel as if you’re losing your mind. [Read More]

MoviesObituaryJean DesaillyFrench stage and screen actor famous for La Peau DouceIn 2001, Jean Desailly, who has died aged 87, and Simone Valère, three years his junior, celebrated their 60 years together on stage in Ernest Thompson's On Golden Pond at the Théâtre de la Madeleine in Paris. If one wanted to find an equivalent of the French husband-and-wife acting team of Desailly and Valère, then Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray in England or Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontane in the US would serve, though the French couple had a much wider range. [Read More]

John OsborneObituaryJohn Osborne: a natural dissenter who changed the face of British theatreJohn Osborne died 20 years ago today. In this obituary, published in the Guardian in 1994, Michael Billington reflects on the playwright’s life and legacy One of the most famous stories about John Osborne concerns a meeting with Kenneth Tynan, who had just been appointed literary manager of the National Theatre. “Come and join us at the National and make history,” said Tynan. [Read More]

Occupy Wall Street This article is more than 12 years oldNaomi Wolf arrested at Occupy Wall Street protest in New YorkThis article is more than 12 years oldFeminist author detained after police attempted to clear the street where Occupy Wall Street protesters were rallying Naomi Wolf: how I was arrested Naomi Wolf, the celebrated feminist author and campaigner, has been arrested at an Occupy Wall Street protest outside an awards ceremony held to honour New York's governor. [Read More]

South Korea This article is more than 9 years oldNutgate executive delivers apology to cabin crew chiefThis article is more than 9 years oldCho Hyun-ah visits homes of two Korean Air staff and leaves notes at their doors saying sorry for her behaviourA former Korean Air executive visited the home of a cabin crew chief on Sunday to apologise for ordering him off a plane over the way a snack was served. [Read More]

World newsPhilippines kidnappers who beheaded US hostage jailedFourteen Islamist militants were jailed for life by a Philippines court today for the kidnapping of US missionary couple and the beheading of another American after an audacious raid on a holiday island resort. Each of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf terrorists were given 20 life sentences for their part in the attack, which spurred the US to send troops to the Philippines to help root out the small but deadly force of separatist guerrillas. [Read More]

The ObserverPoetryReviewSharon Olds's moving, insightful poems about the end of her marriage are her best yetThis out-of-the-ordinary collection, about the end of a marriage, goes beyond the confessional. Sharon Olds, who has always had a gift for describing intimacy, has, in a sense, had these poems thrown at her by life and allowed them to take root: they are stunning – the best of a formidable career. Deserted after decades of marriage, she describes a love for her husband that refuses to die to order. [Read More]

FilmInterview‘Audiences don’t want to be challenged’: director Cristian Mungiu on exploring bigotry – and giving up filmPhilip OltermannHis Palme d’Or-winner explored abortion in his native Romania, and in RMN the director is tackling anti-immigrant sentiment head on. He explains why Europe should pay attention and whether cinema is dead “Let us mind our words, the west is watching,” says the local mayor, hoping to calm a worked-up crowd of Transylvanian villagers. [Read More]

Clockwise from left: The Wrapper, Wrap n Mat, Keep Leaf, Eco Snack Wrap and Onya Lunch. Photograph: Erica BuistClockwise from left: The Wrapper, Wrap n Mat, Keep Leaf, Eco Snack Wrap and Onya Lunch. Photograph: Erica BuistLive better: get involvedLive BetterFive best reusable sandwich wrappersFor a country that loves a sandwich, we’re remarkably careless with the wrappers, throwing away at least 800m bits of foil or cling-film every year. Erica Buist tried out a few reusable alternatives [Read More]