The hill I will die on: Private karaoke is the death of socialism – only a pub singalong is good enough for the people Kelli Blanchett (www.theguardian.com)
The kindness of strangers: I was a ball of stress taking my four children on an international flight – then a passenger tucked a blanket around my sleeping son (www.theguardian.com)
Don’t be afraid to be masculine, laugh more, and phone your mum: letters to our sons, by Stephen Graham, Riz Ahmed, Danny Dyer and other wise men (www.theguardian.com)
Nine women in South Africa have been murdered since July. We are being told to be vigilant – but where are the warnings to men? Nolethu Ndude (www.theguardian.com)
‘We’ve been on a good run lately. We’ve not had a row for weeks!’: Coleen and Wayne Rooney on marriage, mistakes and making reality TV (www.theguardian.com)