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FamilyInterviewBritain’s child migrants: ‘I was told I was going on a picnic’Giulia RhodesUp until 1970, the UK regularly shipped thousands of orphans and illegitimate children abroad to a life of virtual slave labour and, often, abuse. Giulia Rhodes meets two victims of a policy that robbed them of a childhood and a family Sunday evenings were the highlight of the week when Tony Costa was a child. Then, he and the other boys living at Bindoon Boys Town, an orphanage run by the Catholic Christian Brothers in Western Australia, were allowed to watch a television film.

The ObserverRedditThe use by white supremacists of Reddit to organise last year’s violent rally in Virginia was a catalyst for change at the digital giant. In an extract from her new book We Are the Nerds, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin looks at how the site has tried to detoxify itself As the clock ticked up to 9pm on Friday 11 August 2017, more than 200 men snaked down a dark, long expanse of grass in Charlottesville, Virginia, called Nameless Field.

Kanye West This article is more than 10 years oldKanye West interview: 'I have driven my Truman Show boat into the painting'This article is more than 10 years oldIn an extraordinary interview with Zane Lowe, the rapper-designer laid into the entire culture industry, more or lessKanye West launched an excoriating attack on racism across culture – in fashion, theatre, film and music – in an interview with Radio 1's Zane Lowe on Monday night.

Elijah McClainOfficer acquitted in Elijah McClain death gets job back and $200,000 in back payNathan Woodyard was suspended for two years until jury found him not guilty of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide The Colorado officer who stopped Elijah McClain in 2019 and placed him in a neck hold was reinstated to the Aurora police department and will receive $200,000 in back pay, city officials said on Monday. Nathan Woodyard’s “reintegration” into the police force comes weeks after a jury found him not guilty of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.

Rumour millTransfer windowToday’s rumours have been from the Ritz to the rubble We have some shocking news to bring you. Apparently Roberto Firmino isn’t really enjoying the Saudi Pro League so much and might rather swap the heat of Al-Ahli for a crisp winter’s walk around Putney, west London. Fulham are keen and a deal could be done for the former Liverpool favourite, although other Premier League teams are said to be in the mix, too.

PsychologyObituaryHanna Segal obituaryPsychoanalyst who examined the struggle between forces of life and destructionHanna Segal, who has died aged 93, was among a handful of psychoanalysts whose international pre-eminence was unquestioned. She made fundamental contributions to psychoanalytic theory and practice and, over a career of more than 60 years, was the leading exponent of the ideas of Melanie Klein. Segal developed the theory of symbolism, the understanding of the nature of creativity, and the establishment of a psychoanalytic approach to severe disturbance, including psychosis.

Marketing & PR This article is more than 12 years oldJersey Shore's The Situation offered cash not to wear Abercrombie & FitchThis article is more than 12 years oldUS fashion brand offers to pay controversial reality star not to wear its clothes, fearing 'significant damage' to its imageFashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is reversing the normal rules of product endorsement by offering a "substantial" sum to Michael Sorrentino – AKA The Situation from MTV's Jersey Shore – not to wear its clothes.

BooksReviewStephen Sedley finds the insights of a senior law lord clear and compellingEverybody believes (or claims to believe) in the rule of law, but how many people could tell you what it means? Although Tom Bingham, recently retired from the post of senior law lord and now free to speak his mind, has spent his life in its service, even he does not find defining it that easy. But his short book is a remarkable essay on the subject, stooping from panoptic heights of generality to brief but meticulously detailed case studies drawn principally from cases in which he himself has been involved (he engagingly likens these to Elisabeth ­Schwarzkopf's choice of eight of her own recordings on Desert Island Discs).

Invasive species This article is more than 1 month oldUK bans giant rhubarb after study finds popular garden plant is invasive species This article is more than 1 month oldExclusive: plant from South America, also known as Gunnera, found to spread rapidly and choke native flora With its dramatic leaves and sprawling structure, the giant rhubarb has long been a popular garden plant, gracing the grounds of stately homes and multiple National Trust properties.