In the 1970s, a plethora of Christian rockers, schools projects and eccentrics decided to release their own albums. A new book has collected together a selection of their cover designs – see our selection in all its glory 

Photographs: Sinecure Books 2013/Courtesy Enjoy the Experience

It is 17 years since Lara Croft’s first adventure, Tomb Raider, in which time she has starred in a dozen games, two films, and an incalculable number of adolescent fantasies. Yet her life of plunder and peril begins anew this week with a full franchise reboot, starring Lara as we’ve never seen her before: inexperienced, scared and wearing trousers. Like Bond and Batman before her, she has been born again in darker, grittier detail. And, again like Bond and Batman, she sort of needed to be.

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Photograph: Rex Features

Some amazing images of rapper Angel Haze taken by David Levene for the Guardian. Read the full interview in G2 film and music on religion, rape and survival

London underground celebrates its 150th birthday! We’ve got a g2 special including Stephen Moss on a trip on the central line, the timeline of the underground, and a gallery going the best underground posters including these from 1911, 1927 and 1987 (can you guess which is which?)

Photographs: London Transport Museum

How Diplo rolls: on the road with the most influential man in music.

He’s one of the most influential men in music, spanning underground scenes and chart toppers. And he’s still on a mission in search of the perfect beat

The contrarian rightwing journalist Peter Hitchens claims the war against drugs is lost because no one actually tried to wage it. But despite his outrageous inconsistencies and high moral judgments, he remains hard to dislike - Decca Aitkenhead interviews for Guardian G2

Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

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The many colours of Angela Merkel Photograph: Noortje van Eekelen/Spectacle of the Tragedy

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‘The haunted atmosphere was the ideal setting’ … Lilford Hall montage, by Penelope Slinger - her best photograph

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‘People dress up in discos as me. They think it’s retro and cool’

David Hasselhoff talks frankly about how he has come to terms with his new, semi-ironic fame in today’s G2