Classical musicObituaryJane Parker-Smith obituaryVirtuoso exponent of Romantic organ music who championed neglected works from France and BelgiumThe organist Jane Parker-Smith, who has died suddenly aged 70, possessed an exceptional technique, vibrant musicality and a vivacious stage presence. Writing in the Sunday Times, Paul Driver likened her to the mercurial Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich. In 1975 she made a brilliant debut at the Royal Festival Hall, London, deputising at five days’ notice for the indisposed Fernando Germani.

Javier Pastore has joined Qatar SC from Elche. Pastore has left Elche and will be playing in the Gulf. The club announced on Wednesday that the 33 year old has signed with them. Part of the 2010 World Cup team, Pastore was once considered one of the best young Argentine talents having started at Talleres and Huracan. He broke through in Europe at Palermo and would later join Paris Saint-Germain.

Jeremy Clarkson's restaurant will be closed for good. Picture: Amazon/Getty Images Jeremy Clarkson has finally accepted the council's ruling that he must close the Diddly Squat Restaurant. Fans of Clarkson’s Farm will know that Jeremy Clarkson spent the most part of 2021 battling with the council to open his Diddly Squat restaurant. The former Top Gear presenter managed to open the eatery in a farmyard barn last July on land he owns in Chipping Norton.

NBA YoungBoy raised a few eyebrows with his recent Instagram post. The pair of images showed YB posing with a woman who he referred to as his "wife", amongst other things. "My real day 1, y’all be dying to see my wife huh? Nah she too exclusive #mypropertyonly 💕," the rapper wrote as a caption. This led to a wave of speculation across social media. "He must got a bunch of sister house in that house,"

The ObserverPhotographySmith took many famous pictures, but also taped hours of audio of jazz greats, writers and artists of the day in his New York loft. A new book explores his strange world In April 1977, the photographer W Eugene Smith sat in a wheelchair in 23rd Street in New York and oversaw the loading of his vast archive into two removal trucks by a team of young volunteers. Among material carried out of his loft and transported to the Center for Creative Photography in Arizona were several hundred thousand photographic prints and negatives, hundreds of notebooks filled with his writings, boxes of cameras and accessories, 25,000 LPs and 8,000 books.