Life and styleAt home with HitlerIn 1945, Lee Miller photographed the Nazi leader's abandoned Munich apartment for Vogue. On the eve of a major new exhibition of her work, we revisit her images and diary entries from that assignmentNo 16 Prinzregentenplatz was Hitler's private apartment in Munich. Lee Miller reached it, with fellow photographer David Scherman, in 1945 at the denouement of the war, and was there when Hitler's death in Berlin was announced.
Nevada Caldor fire turns sky red in California and Nevada – video The sky over parts of Nevada and California turned red and orange as the Caldor fire, which erupted over the weekend, exploded in size on Tuesday and ran through the town of Grizzly Flats, destroying many buildings and forcing residents to leave. Two were injured. Officials estimated that the blaze had blown through 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres)
Around 66 million Americans believe that aliens landed at Roswell, New Mexico Photograph: The Ronald Grant ArchiveAround 66 million Americans believe that aliens landed at Roswell, New Mexico Photograph: The Ronald Grant ArchiveAn apple a dayHealth & wellbeingPsychologists are trying to determine why otherwise rational individuals can make the leap from “prudent paranoia” to illogical conspiracy theories According to a Public Policy Polling survey, around 12 million people in the US believe that interstellar lizards in people suits rule our country.
Observer book of the weekAutobiography and memoirReviewAn account of a decade at the president’s side offers gossipy insights into Russian influence, Trump’s dangerous allure and the ‘pee tape’ In summer 2012, Michael Cohen took his family to a golf resort owned by Donald Trump in New Jersey. By this point, he had been working as Trump’s lawyer-cum-attack dog for six years. Trump noticed a teenage girl walking off the tennis court, her hair scrunched in a ponytail.
EV mythbustersAutomotive industryThe first in a series exploring the myths and realities surrounding EVs When a fire ripped through a car park at Luton airport last month it set off a round of speculation that an electric vehicle was to blame. The theory was quickly doused by the Bedfordshire fire service, which said the blaze appeared to have started in a diesel car. Yet the rumour refused to be quelled, spreading on social media like, well, wildfire.