The ObserverRegina SpektorInterviewRegina Spektor: ‘Songs are my byproduct in this world. I leave a trail of them’Dorian LynskeyOn the release of her eighth album, the Russian-born singer-songwriter talks about making music amid children and Covid –and why stories are the best vehicle for emotional truth It is tempting, when speaking to Regina Spektor, to just get out of the way, because she is such a joyful talker. I ask a simple question about, say, songwriting and I’m redundant for the next several minutes while she spirals off into a great conversational aria of anecdotes, aphorisms, metaphors, theories and jokes, at the end of which she apologises for not answering the question when in fact she’s answered not only that one but half a dozen that I haven’t asked yet.

Do you know that lagging feeling when you're running on 1% with any form of social interaction requiring the maximum effort possible? Yeah, same. Gen-Z has started to coin this concept as our ‘social battery’, but what does this actually mean? Think about an actual battery. When a battery is charged, a device works well, tackling tasks efficiently and effectively. Though, when a battery is dead, the device won’t work. You know those times you’ve complained to your colleagues saying, ‘I don’t even have the energy to speak’ or ‘I feel dead’ – you guessed it, your *supposed* social battery was probably plummeting.

OpinionDeath and dying This article is more than 9 years oldWhy waking up in a morgue isn’t quite as unusual as you’d thinkThis article is more than 9 years oldCarla ValentineThere are many reasons why what is seemingly someone’s last breath is just the first stage of a process that doesn’t always end in deathIn Poland, a 91-year-old woman has shocked her family – and the public at large – by waking up in a morgue after being refrigerated having been declared dead.

A woman who lost 10st in one year died because of the 'turmoil' the rapid weight loss caused to her body, a coroner has ruled.  Kaylee Cox, 30, weighed more than 21st in early 2021, an inquest into her death heard. She then became determined to lose the weight and began shedding what a coroner described as an 'extraordinary' number of pounds - weighing just over 11st when she died. 

Jasmine and Gino had yet another explosive fight on Sunday's episode of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, and Jasmine shockingly told Gino that she filmed a sex tape with her ex-boyfriend, Dane, just one month ago. Gino said he was "done" with Jasmine and called her a "w**re." Jasmine and Gino have not been getting along during his visit to Panama ahead of their marriage. During Sunday's episode, Jasmine expressed her frustration at her K-1 visa taking time to get approved and asked Gino if he was willing to pay for her apartment in Panama until she's able to come to America.