Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin, seen here in 2008 at the Republican national convention in St Paul. Photograph: Paul Sancya/AP Impressing your future in-laws is never an easy task for a young man who has sought the hand of his beloved in marriage. But Levi Johnston, who, it emerged today,... 

Alan Johnson . . . meets bands who “achieved the success he craved”. Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian Where do cabinet ministers go when they die? “My name is Alan Johnson, I’ve had a modicum of success as a postman, as a trades unionist, as a member of parliament, as... 

The Jolly Boys: (from left) Joseph ‘Powda’ Bennett, 73; Albert Minott, 72; Derrick ‘Johnny’ Henry, 71; Allan Swymmer, 82, and Egbert Watson, 84. Photograph: William Richards A barbarously sticky afternoon in Jamaica and I’m in Kingston inside a windowless room... 

(American Splendor) Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic book series “American Splendor” portrayed his unglamorous life with bone-dry honesty and wit, was found dead at home early Monday, authorities said. He was 70. The cause of death was unclear, and an autopsy was planned, officials... 

Temperature’s rising … Hot tap theatre Last week I saw a play called God Don’t Live On a Council Estate, in which actor Dudley Sutton plays a gangster grandfather, terrorising his family from his council-estate home. In a surreal metaphor for the life-sapping strength of such...