TV reviewTelevisionReviewThis drama-documentary hybrid has plenty of regal soap opera to keep things entertaining, plus you don’t have to Google which bits are true or not If you cannot wait until the fifth season of The Crown, then Royal Mob: Four Sisters (Sky History) could be a good stopgap. Through a combination of dramatisations and interviews with historians, it tells the story of the Hesse sisters, Queen Victoria’s favourite granddaughters, the daughters of the Queen’s third child, Princess Alice, who died of diphtheria at the age of 35.

Book of the dayPolitics booksReviewA returning foreign correspondent chronicles the transformation of his country in the run-up to January 6 In early May 2020, the American journalist Luke Mogelson left Paris – for years the base from which he covered strife and pestilence around the world – and went home to report on the accelerated unravelling of the US. The idea of bringing a foreign correspondent back to write about their own country as if on assignment is not a new one.

RaceQueen Charlotte was the wife of George III and, like him, of German descent. But did she also have African ancestry? By Stuart JeffriesQueen Charlotte died nearly two centuries ago but is still celebrated in her namesake American city. When you drive from the airport in North Carolina, you can't miss the monumental bronze sculpture of the woman said to be Britain's first black queen, dramatically bent backwards as if blown by a jet engine.

Benjamin Netanyahu This article is more than 1 month oldBenjamin Netanyahu accused of ‘evil’ campaigning at time of warThis article is more than 1 month oldMembers of his own party among those critical of Israeli PM’s efforts to improve his dire ratings Israel-Gaza war – live updates Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been accused of breaking with convention by campaigning while his country is at war after a series of controversial statements in recent days.

Plaintiffs said letting Google had an ‘unaccountable trove of information’ from learning about what they seek out online. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesPlaintiffs said letting Google had an ‘unaccountable trove of information’ from learning about what they seek out online. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesGoogleGoogle agrees to settle $5bn lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked usersPlaintiffs allege their activity was tracked even when they set Chrome to ‘incognito’ and other browsers to ‘private’ mode

OpinionMetropolitan police This article is more than 1 year old‘Greased piglet’ Boris Johnson could evade justice due to the Met’s disastrous moveThis article is more than 1 year oldCharles FalconerThe needless decision to limit Sue Gray’s report on partygate may make its findings irrelevant and paralyses the country The real villain in the story is Boris Johnson. He presided over a home and a workplace where the rules were ignored. The whole country has heard the stories.

PodcastsWild new podcast Hooked on Freddie follows the 1990 tabloid frenzy about an animal rights activist who formed a special bond with a dolphin – only to be put on trial for it When someone mentions the year 1990, you might think of the last days of Margaret Thatcher, The Satanic Verses, poll tax, recession and the IRA. Or, you just might think of a man in the north-east of England getting arrested for masturbating a dolphin.

The ObserverOrganised crimeItalian mobster condemned by daughter's evidenceCarlo Cosco among six Calabrian gang members jailed for torture and murder of his ex-partner, whose daughter bravely testified against them in courtSix Italian mobsters have been given life sentences for murdering and dissolving in acid a woman who courageously shared secrets of clan life with the police. Lea Garofalo, 35, was lured to Milan in 2009 by members of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta – among them her ex-partner and father of her daughter – before being tortured, shot dead and dumped in 50 litres of acid at a rural warehouse.

Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/ReutersThe Hungarian prime minister has been lavishing public money on his favourite sport for years. Could it be his undoing? by David Goldblatt and Daniel NolanWith one main street and a couple of grocery shops, Felcsút looks like any other sleepy Hungarian village. That is until you catch sight of the football stadium, which dwarfs the other buildings in this town of 1,800 people, about 25 miles west of Budapest.

Kitchen aideFoodBeansprouts tend to come in bags that hold far more than you can use before they start to go off. We asked a panel of culinary experts how they save them from the food-waste bin Got a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com What can we use beansprouts for, apart from in stir-fries? We never know what to do with the remaining beansprouts in a bag and usually end up composting them.