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The Guardian: G2

Wednesday 21 July 2010

Editors' picks
Would you rent a friend?

Feeling lonely? Don't have anyone to go to the pub with? Then a friend rental service could be just the thing you need. But what's it like to spend a day with someone you're paying to be your friend?
Jonathan Ross meets Jim Steranko, his comic-book hero

The TV presenter and comic-book obsessive on the extraordinary work of graphic storyteller Jim Steranko
- The comic-book art of Jim Steranko
G2 kids No. 3: Put on a shadow puppet show

Make your own shadow puppet theatre and put on a show; guess the kitchen utensil; complete a summer wordsearch

Comment & features p2

How Doctor Who's enemies took over my life

Compiling a list of Doctor Who's foes sparked an astonishing response, says Simon Rogers
A laser that works when wet

Super-weapon has long featured in science fiction – but now it's for real

Comment & features p3

What makes men cry?

Toy Story 3 is already renowned for making men weep, but what else can make the more stoical sex's eyes water?
Pass notes No 2,816: the British bobby

A mountain of office paperwork is keeping them off the beat
How I was bitten by a spider

Was it the 'biting spider' that left me unable to walk – or the 'walnut orb-weaver'?

Comment & features p5

Bristol Palin: the one person too boring for reality TV

Hadley Freeman: Sarah Palin's daughter's wedding won't be the subject of a documentary because she 'doesn't have a personality'

Comment & features p7

Hideously diverse Britain: who speaks up for the girls?

There is something dark happening in the interaction between young men and girls, but who is looking out for the victims?

Comment & features p9

Rich people in fancy clothes

As that photograph of Conrad Black resurfaces, Lucy Mangan asks: when will the wealthy learn to avoid fancy dress at all costs?

G2 Comment & features p10

The comic-book art of Jim Steranko

Gallery (5 pictures):
A selection of work from the legendary comic-book artist, who counts Jonathan Ross among his biggest fans

Comment & features p14

Wear autumn's trends now

Autumn is on its way, with a whole new set of trends, but you needn't spend all your holiday money – most of next season's looks are already in your wardrobe

Comment & features p15

What to buy for autumn

Gallery (5 pictures):
Five key purchases that will update your summer wardrobe for autumn

Comment & features p17

Notes and queries

Rabbits, hares and the first of the month; Why aqueducts were easy for Rome's agrimensors; Napoleon: Europe's first right-hand driver

Arts p19

The thin grey line

Doodled in minutes or laboured over for months, drawings reveal an artist's most intimate thoughts. Adrian Searle gets up close and personal at the White Cube's inspiring new show

Arts p22

Mercury prize nominations: Brits are back on song

After years in the shadow of Brooklyn bands, the British album is stronger than ever. Rosie Swash salutes a Mercury shortlist that reflects the boom in homegrown talent

TV and radio in G2 p24

Radio review: Alchohol and the State

I have never laughed out loud at anything that happened in James I's court. When the court was doing it, it was hilarious; when the poor were doing it, it was tragic, writes Zoe Williams

TV and radio in G2 p25

TV review: Danielle Lineker: My New Stepfamily and Britain by bike

Danielle moves into the Lineker home: this is Hello! magazine turned into television, writes Sam Wollaston

TV and radio in G2 p26

Watch this

Tonight's television: what to watch tonight

TV and radio in G2 p27

Radio head: Happy Tuesdays

Radio head: Angelos Epithemiou's Big Issue was clunky comedy

Puzzles and cartoon p28

Cameron impresses America

Cartoon:
Steve Bell's If ...
Who are the 'November nine'?

We now know the makeup of the final table of this year's World Series

Puzzles and cartoon p32

Sudoku 1,619 medium

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9

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