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Weekend reading: London pride, the Global Laundromat and a sushi bouquet

A candlelit vigil is held for the victims of the Westminster terror attack
Candlelit vigil for Westminster attack victims in Trafalgar Square. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

Greenham Common, the protest that changed lives

‘We danced on top of the nuclear silos’

The 1980s peace camp against US cruise missiles in the UK was a demonstration of female power that echoes through to the women’s marches of today. Activists recall those heady, scary, inspiring days

protestors link arms and sing at one of the women-only sites around the nuclear base at Greenham Common

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Say it with sushi

A fishy idea for Mother’s Day

Forget boring old flowers or chocolates. On Sunday, why not make mum a sushi “bouquet” whose beauty she can admire before eating? Well, for lots of reasons …

Phil Daoust and his step daughter Flo, 6, make a bunch of sushi flowers for Mothers’ Day, London

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The Global Laundromat

Where the money went

A global money-laundering scheme enabled criminals to funnel at least $20bn out of Russia. UK banks such as HSBC, RBS and Coutts processed $738m – here’s how

Global laundromat

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How we made Tainted Love

‘I wanted to shock on Top of the Pops’

Soft Cell were an experimental electro duo from Leeds – until they decided to add a cover version to their repertoire that shot them to global notoriety

Soft Cell - 1981 Music Video for Tainted Love

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Apple goes upmarket

It’s no longer the technology Coke

The company’s philosophy once followed Andy Warhol’s line about Coca-Cola – that everyone got the same thing. But with a premium iPhone Pro rumoured, this sense of egalitarianism no longer applies

Apple released a new Ipad this week

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Jake Gyllenhaal clams up

‘I would love to not talk about my personal life’

The workaholic actor is one of the finest of his generation, as his new film Life demonstrates once again. But perhaps it’s best not to ask him about Taylor Swift

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal poses for a portrait at the Four Seasons hotel

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My vegan experiment

‘I never saw myself doing this’

Health worries forced Decca Aitkenhead to change her diet – with the help of ready meals (and an emergency helpline for crises). Did she learn to love legumes?

Decca Aitkenhead is going vegan

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Why the far right can't exploit the London attack

The bile felt disconnected from reality

There is something about the capital that rejects simplistic incendiary rhetoric. It’s not immune to hate, just too complex to be swayed by it

People write messages in chalk on the ground in Trafalgar Square at a vigil for the victims of Wednesday’s attack

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Will Trump be impeached?

Or is it just a liberal fantasy?

Only two US presidents have been impeached, but rumours continue to surround Trump. Here’s how the process would work – if it would at all

Donald Trump

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