MusicReviewSomerset House, LondonIn a sense, Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch is too good for pop. You feel it when he sings of the "Asian man with his love/hate affair with his racist clientele" in a glorious, dancing version of The Boy with the Arab Strap halfway through the set. You sense it again even as he swallows - or forgets - the best line in The Model, in which blindfolded Lisa meets a blind kid at a party and has "

OpinionAlcohol This article is more than 1 year oldBritain has a drinking problem – and the alcohol industry can’t afford to let us kick itThis article is more than 1 year oldJames WiltThe fact that we’re not exactly unwilling participants overshadows the huge influence the sector wields We’ve all heard the refrain: “Britain has a drinking problem.” It’s an issue that long predates the Covid-19 pandemic, but evidence for this claim seems more stark than ever.

The ObserverChampions CupDeon Fourie’s double helps Stormers to power-packed win over HarlequinsLast 16: Stormers 32-28 HarlequinsAlex Dombrandt’s two tries are in vainHarlequins had found one way to escape the foul weather at home during the week. They travelled 6,000 miles to Cape Town, swapping Strawberry Hill for Table Mountain and a game played in sweltering 30C heat in a majestic stadium. Quins, led by Danny Care, were game opponents but a Stormers side with its all-Springbok front row, were always going to have a power game that would be difficult to cope with even after a week of acclimatisation in the sun and it is the Stormers who will meet the winners of Sunday’s match between Exeter and Montpellier.

The ObserverJohn LennonJohn Lennon's difficult childhood left him with a delinquent streak he never shook off, yet the Beatles may have been sharper for itSam Taylor-Wood's film, Nowhere Boy, paints John Lennon's formative years in the broadest of brush strokes. He is a troubled but gifted teenager caught between two women, two worlds. His mother, Julia, is working-class, wild-spirited and mostly absent, and his aunt, Mimi Smith, is respectable, strict and domineeringly present.

Coming unstuck: Rhik Samadder puts the Lékué silicone bread maker to the test. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The GuardianComing unstuck: Rhik Samadder puts the Lékué silicone bread maker to the test. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The GuardianInspect a gadgetBreadHere’s the rub: you can’t knead in this. I ended up with a bun in the oven, but what about the foreplay? The Guardian’s product and service reviews are independent and are in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative.