Five Great Reads: a week without ultra-processed foods, props for the prop masters, and the Old Believers who time forgot

Emma Joyce takes a closer look at the items in her parenting arsenal. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

Dear readers, at the end of another hectic news week I am grateful to Dave Mustaine’s “let there be shred!” declaration for helping take the edge off. But back to the news – and with all due respect to the Coalition implosion and Trump’s Greenland ambitions – the story that no one could get enough of kicks off this week’s selection.

1. The Beckham family feud goes public