Today’s UK media front pages covering Margaret Thatcher’s funeral Photographs: the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Times, the Independent, the Sun, the Metro

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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Coles is part of a phalanx of British women now at the helm of some of America’s most influential glossies. As the new editor of US Cosmopolitan speaks to Elizabeth Day about her about her mission is to inspire a new generation of independent women, whether that means helping them win equal pay … or teaching them the ‘sex position of the day’

Photograph: Antony Crook

Mona Eltahawy, the prominent Egyptian-American writer and activist, has been arrested in New York after spraying paint over a controversial poster on the subway that has been condemned for equating Muslims with “savages”. Full story behind the video.

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You won’t find find any sexy leaping girls here. Photograph: Dave Higgens/PA

It’s Sexy A-levels!, the blog which has for the past three years kept Media Guardian and many others entertained by ripping the piss out of Fleet Street’s penchant for illustrating A-level exam results stories with pictures of pretty young women, preferably jumping for joy and holding said results aloft, is sadly no more. Read more here.

Good luck to everyone getting their A-levels today! We have a live webchat with Ucas and experts on clearing from 2pm (BST) and follow the latest on our live blog.

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A One Direction fanzine has been criticised after it featured a “voodoo doll” of TV presenter Caroline Flack who dated one of the band’s members, Harry Styles

The US magazine featured a picture of Flack with pins sticking out of her, highlighting her so-called “crows’ feet” and “dirty blonde dye job”.

It criticised the 32-year-old for dating Styles, who is 18, saying “date boys your age, not your shoe size” and added: “Note: zero engagement rings. Because no one wants to be with her.”

Irish TV and radio presenter Conor Behan said on Twitter: “This article for One Direction fans slating Caroline Flack is hideously sexist and has gone viral for obvious reasons.”

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Former Guardian journalist Emil Voigt, a wiry vegetarian from Manchester, stunned his rivals at the London Games of 1908 by storming to victory in the five mile race and becoming the first – and only – Briton to win a long-distance individual gold medal. Photograph: Emil Voigt Collection

Voigt, who reported from Europe for the Guardian between 1905 and 1906 before returning to Manchester to write on sport, was on the verge of retiring from competitive athletics in 1908 when he made a last-ditch decision to take part just six weeks before the opening ceremony. Read more about his incredible story here.

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if you haven’t seen the Sun’s front page headline this morning yet…

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