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Luana Nelson-Brown helps families of homicide victims with essential needs, through the Iowa Coalition for Collective Change. Photograph: Danny Wilcox FrazierMore than six times as many Black women were killed in Iowa in 2020 than the year before. What is driving the gun violence? by Abené Clayton with photographs by Danny Wilcox FrazierOn Christmas day 2020, while millions of American families were navigating virtual holiday gatherings, Jeremy Hepker was sitting in an Iowa City hospital room holding the hand of Marisa Doolin, his teenage niece.

US televisionObituaryBarbara Hale obituaryActor best known for her role in the US television legal drama Perry MasonIn the hugely successful US television series Perry Mason (1957-66), Barbara Hale, who has died aged 94, played Della Street, Mason’s secretary. She reprised the role in 29 TV movies between 1985 and 1995. Della’s indefatigable calm and poise established her as a partner to the LA lawyer Mason (Raymond Burr) and his investigator, Paul Drake (William Hopper).

UK newsCelebration that ended in deaths of three friendsThe victims Survivors try to mend shattered livesCopeland profile Photo gallery Special report Audio from outside the Old Bailey They were five friends having a drink in the pub before a night out at the theatre. Moments later David Copeland's bomb tore through the Admiral Duncan and ripped apart their lives. Andrea Dykes, 27, four months pregnant with her first child, was killed along with John Light, 33, best man at her wedding, and their friend Nik Moore, 31.

Fashion, fine art … and Hitler: the turbulent career of Erwin Blumenfeld – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email His fashion career was disrupted by the second world war, but that didn’t stop the Jewish photographer from sneaking fine art into his later work Mee-Lai Stone @mlestone Main image: ‘I thought I was modern but I turned out to be classical’ … In Vogue 1938-1939.

The foodie travellerOslo holidaysOslo’s last remaining hotdog kiosk serves up boiled sausage with fiery mustard. It’s cheap, comforting and tastes explosively marvellous Forget hygge, the cosiness of enjoying life’s simple pleasures. The original Nordic lifestyle trend was all about the ultimate in comfort food: hotdogs. The Syverkiosken is an Oslo landmark. The kiosk, near to Alexander Kiellands plass, has been serving hotdogs since 1979. And with prices starting from 20 krone (£1.

ConservationObituaryJohn Burton obituaryConservationist whose creative thinking saved 770,000 acres of threatened habitat from damaging developmentJohn Burton, who has died aged 78, was no ordinary conservationist. Radical, visionary and inspirational, he challenged the usual approaches to saving wild creatures and their habitats through his creation of the World Land Trust (WLT), an organisation he set up with his wife, Viv. WLT arose from a 1988 campaign in which John became involved in raising funds to save 110,000 acres (45,000 hectares) of tropical forest in Belize that were about to be cleared for agriculture.

This column will change your lifeHealth & wellbeingBooks about mindfulness or hygge are criticised for accepting injustice. But humans have always ‘coped’ – and pretending otherwise can be a source of misery Every now and then, in the course of this disquieting year, a book landed on my desk bearing a classic self-help title – something about kicking ass, winning at life, getting everything you’d ever dreamed of – and I felt a twinge of pity for the author, for being so out of step with the times.

Daniel CraigInterviewDaniel Craig: the man with the 007 tattooRyan GilbeyDaniel Craig is currently between Bonds, and heading up a Stieg Larsson adaptation. But, he tells Ryan Gilbey, he's itching to get back on her majesty's secret serviceThe surprise upon meeting Daniel Craig is his gentleness. It isn't that you expect him to be scarred and basted and bleeding, as he is throughout much of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, the two films in which he has played James Bond.

Paula Serre and her husband, Liam: ‘We can now look forward to a normal, settled life and make plans.’Paula Serre and her husband, Liam: ‘We can now look forward to a normal, settled life and make plans.’Home Office‘Given my life back’: Home Office restores rights to French woman after Brexit mix-upPaula Serre lost her job when stripped of the right to live and work in the UK after confusion over immigration process