Republicans This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldThomas Massie’s incendiary picture, days after a deadly school shooting in Michigan, seemed carefully calibrated to provoke It is a festive family photo with seven broad smiles and a Christmas tree. But one other detail sets it apart: each member of the Massie family is brandishing a machine gun or military-style rifle. Outcry after Colorado sheriff’s office tweets photo of Santa getting handgun permitRead moreThe photo was tweeted last week by Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman from Kentucky, with the caption: “Merry Christmas!

Mean, moody and magnificent: film noir studio portraits – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart and Rita Hayworth were never more glamorous than in the photographs taken by studio photographers to publicise black and white thrillers in the 1940s and 50s. Here is a selection of the most memorable Film Noir Portraits by Paul Duncan and Tony Nourmand is published by Reel Art Press

Sculptures created from secondhand books – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Su Blackwell has always used text in her art, but it was after a trip to Asia that she began creating sculptures from books. “In my last year at college, I went to Thailand and, in a secondhand bookshop, bought a copy of The Quiet American with lines of Thai scrawled in its margins, which added another dimension.

FictionReviewA gritty debut novel set in a society without safety nets"Eric's … on the lamest power trip in the world – the decider of how long it takes for me to get a tampon," says Anais, a 15-year-old stuck in a care home, as she waits for a social worker to comply with her urgent request. What Fagan depicts in her debut novel, The Panopticon, is a society in which people don't just fall through the net – there is no net.

San Francisco This article is more than 8 months oldVideo shows Walgreens guard killing trans organizer Banko Brown as he left storeThis article is more than 8 months oldSan Francisco district attorney says shooting was ‘reasonable’ and no charges will be filed, sparking outrage Surveillance footage from a Walgreens in San Francisco shows the moment a private security guard killed a young transgender man accused of shoplifting. The footage captures the guard tackling and punching Banko Brown, 24, on 27 April before fatally shooting him as he exited the store.