Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift’s Eras tour will skip the Philippines, but her Filipino fanbase has embraced the call centre worker turned drag act She has the outfits – the Lover-era sequin bodysuit, the Fearless gold fringe dress, the Reputation catsuit – and the hordes of adoring fans. As she struts across the stage, crowds bounce up and down, cameras in the air, screaming along with every word. But this is not Taylor Swift, it’s Taylor Sheesh, a call centre agent who has become a drag star adored by Swifties in her native Philippines and beyond.

The ObserverOrganised crime This article is more than 1 year oldMob-style killings shock Netherlands into fighting descent into ‘narco state’This article is more than 1 year oldMurders, corruption and ‘Mocro Maffia’ prompt Dutch to set up war chest to tackle wave of organised crime sweeping nation Journalists and lawyers under protection or murdered on the streets, court hearings guarded by the army, witness statements anonymised, and billions in dirty drug money that leaches through society, corrupting as it goes.

Cricket This article is more than 5 years oldSean Abbott suffers reminder of Phillip Hughes's death after hitting batsmanThis article is more than 5 years oldWill Pucovski left field after being struck on the head by a bouncer Abbott bowled delivery which struck and killed Phillip HughesAustralian cricketer Sean Abbott, whose tragic bouncer struck and killed batsman Phillip Hughes in 2014, has had another one of his deliveries strike a batsman on the helmet.

SexAccording to several studies, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’. So, here’s what lesbian sex can teach us about female pleasure Do lesbians have better sex than heterosexual women? Yes. Yes. Oh my God, yes! Women who sleep with women repeatedly report higher levels of sexual satisfaction in surveys and studies than women who have sex with men. A Public Health England survey of more than 7,000 women last month found that half of respondents aged between 25 and 34 did not enjoy their sex life.

The Q&AJane AsherJane Asher: ‘What scares me about getting older? Becoming irritating to other people’The actor on the lasting thrill of a teenage kiss, her crush on Harrison Ford and what she plans to do with her brain Born in London, Jane Asher, 77, had her first role at five, in the 1952 film Mandy. She went on to appear in Alfie in 1966 and Deep End in 1970, and her extensive stage credits include The Importance of Being Earnest at the Rose in Kingston and An American in Paris at London’s Dominion theatre.