The 12th-century Ta Prohm temple in Cambodia. Photograph: Mark Croucher/Alamy Stock PhotoThey may be vine-smothered ruins today, but the lost cities of the ancient tropics still have a lot to teach us about how to live alongside nature by Patrick RobertsVisions of “lost cities” in the jungle have consumed western imaginations since Europeans first visited the tropics of Asia, Africa and the Americas. From the Lost City of Z to El Dorado, a thirst for finding ancient civilisations and their treasures in perilous tropical forest settings has driven innumerable ill-fated expeditions.

Life and styleThe lack of autonomy I felt as a mother reiterated everything society taught me to believe about myself since I was a girl When my daughter learned to walk, she began following me around our apartment – into the bathroom while I showered, studying my naked body; into the bedroom when I dressed, regarding my baggy underwear with curiosity. It was the fall of the 2016 election, and as she watched my utterly changed body, though her eyes were kind and questioning, I could not help but recall the faces of men who had, at various points in my life, scrutinized my body with approval or reproach.

The KnowledgeSoccerPlus: natural born No2s; why A always comes before B; and freak fixture rarities. Send your questions and answers to knowledge@guardian.co.uk and follow us on Twitter"Following on from your old football-inspired albums question, Iron Maiden's Somewhere in Time has reference to West Ham beating Arsenal 7-3 on the album cover," begins Paul Baker. "Barring the SFA using the iconic Robin Friday at Cardiff image, the Wedding Present's George Best at Manchester United one and Mogwai's Zidane soundtrack (Real Madrid), have any other football teams been referenced on CD album covers?

World newsBlood ties: Yakuza daughter lifts lid on hidden hell of gangsters' familiesUnexpected bestseller reveals Tokyo underworld of drugs, abuse and tattoosIn pictures: the yakuza It is only when Shoko Tendo removes her tracksuit top that you appreciate why, even on a hot day, she prefers to remain covered up in public. Outwardly she is much like any thirty-something you would be likely to encounter on a Tokyo street. Her hair is of the dark-brown hue favoured by many Japanese women her age, her greeting is accompanied by a well-executed bow, and her voice seems to be pitched a little on the high side, a common affectation in the company of strangers.

TV and radio blogTelevisionBox Set Club: The LakesTwentysomething sex, drink and drugs collides with harsh reality in Jimmy McGovern's Cumbria-set morality taleCurrent Spooks scheduling aside, we all know what Sunday evening television on the BBC is supposed to be: rolling hills, gentle plotlines, the occasional priest ambling politely into view. It's Hamish Macbeth, Ballykissangel, Monarch of the Glen. But for four weeks in 1997, Sunday evening on BBC1 was Jimmy McGovern's The Lakes – and while the priest and rolling hills were still in place, the plotlines were a long way from gentle.