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Weekend reading: Oscar predictions, Putin myths and queuing science

Oscars statuettes

‘And the Oscar will go to ...’

Who should triumph at the Academy Awards

Make room for Denzel Washington in the three-timer club and Emma Stone on the podium: our awards expert tells you where to put your money

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences

Photograph: David Lee

What next for Labour and Corbyn after the byelections?

‘The very worst scenario is that Corbyn’s going would be an opportunity for the Blairites to return’

All eyes were on the Labour leader after the Copeland and Stoke results as he delivered a key speech about Brexit. Our panel responds

Jeremy Corbyn

Killer, kleptocrat, genius, spy: the many myths of Vladimir Putin

At no time have more people with less knowledge opined on the subject of Russia’s president

Russia’s role in Trump’s election has led to a boom in Putinology. But do these theories say more about us than Putin?

Russian traditional wooden matryoshka dolls showing Russian President, Vladimir Putin

When good TV goes bad: how Popworld’s bubble burst

Appearing on it carried a threat of being shown up, yet pop acts flocked

Recalling Simon Amstell and Miquita Oliver’s irrepressible double act – and the ship that sank without them

Simon Amstell and Miquita Oliver

Avoid stress, be useful: 90-year-olds on how to have a long, happy life

‘Life is an education’

The importance of being active, tolerant and not worrying about internet dating, by ninetysomething women and men

Jean Miller, Coat check at Vidal Sasson

The truth about the science of queueing

There is no ‘rule of six’

You wait longer when others are behind you and we usually get away with pushing in. Psychology professor Adrian Furnham explains the studies of standing in line

people waiting in line

Forget 10,000 steps a day – I have a better weightloss solution

‘You have all been wasting your money. You idiots’

Fitness trackers are pointless, especially if you’re only walking to the kitchen for another bacon sandwich, says Stuart Heritage. But he’s found an alternative way to motivate himself

Fitness tracker

How to stop a robot from turning evil

See our latest original short film, The Intelligence Explosion

Guardian Original Drama returns: it’s 2027 and Mental Endeavours Ltd has a problem with their flagship robot Günther. How do you program an intelligent machine not to annihilate humanity?

The Intelligence Explosion

Breakfast, brunch and pudding

Recipes from Thomasina Miers’s new book Home Cook

The art of home cooking is about making life easier for yourself, not harder, whether you’re making a Scandi-style brunch or a trio of indulgent desserts

Thomasina Miers's Scandi-style breakfast
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