TOM CLARK: Private moment: If you could read my mind

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Private moment: If you could read my mind

Having been asked to read with British prime minister David Cameron, six-year-old Lucy Howarth has a ‘head/desk’ moment at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School in Westhoughton: photo by: Stefan Rousseau/PA via the Guardian, 11 April 2014

"This fat twat could do with a boot / clarinet / bit of UXO up the backside"

Members of a music band rest before the procession of ‘Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem’ in Constancia, Portugal. The event has been held annually for 200 years: photo by: Rafael Marchante/Reuters via the Guardian, 11 April 2014

If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old-time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelings that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back
Gordon Lightfoot: from If You Could Read My Mind (1970)

An unexploded rocket in a field near the village of Dmitrivka, Ukraine. As a tenuous ceasefire brings respite after the year-long conflict between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian troops, the danger of landmines now threatens lives, particularly on once-rich agricultural lands: photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via the Guardian, 11 April 2014

The woman in red: MG Metro, Norton Folgate, EC2, May 1987: photo by Chris Dorley-Brown from Drivers in the 80s via the Guardian, 14 April 2015

Honda 90 Moped, Mare Street, E8: photo by Chris Dorley-Brown from Drivers in the 80s via the Guardian, 13 April 2015

Mercedes-Benz W115 Series, London Bridge, EC4: photo by Chris Dorley-Brown from Drivers in the 80s via the Guardian, 13 April 2014

Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia was an angry heroine ‘whose anger was ultimately sublimated to affection’: photo by Allstar via the Guardian, 1 December 2014

Carrie Fisher and her stunt double sunbathe on the set of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: photo by Peter Mayhew, 1982 via the Guardian, 16 January 2014

RT StarWarsTHX: Jabba the Hutt and Slave Leia at #MadameTussauds getting their final touches by the artists.#StarWars: image via Because Geek @BecauseGeek 13 April 2015

@digitalspy: The #JabbatheHutt and #PrincessLeia waxworks at Madame Tussauds are incredible": image via Lee-Filming-ACS/2015 @MylifeinwordsUK, 13 April 2015

RT @lwlies At last. Jabba the Hutt and Princess Leia united in wax. #starwarsexperience #madametussauds by lwlies: image via Colin Richdale @MondayRemedy, 13 April 2015

RT StarWarsTHX: Jabba the Hutt and Slave Leia at #MadameTussauds getting their final touches by the artists.#StarWars: image via Because Geek @BecauseGeek 13 April 2015

London, UK. A waxwork artist applies the finishing touches to Princess Leia, with Jabba the Hutt behind her. Madame Tussauds’ new Star Wars attraction will open to the public on 16 May: photo by Lauren Hurley/PA via the Guardian, 13 April 2015

A giant caterpillar moves through the crowd on the first day of the Coachella Music Festival: photo by Robyn Beck/AFP via the Guardian, 11 April 2015

A couple hugs in front of the iconic Coachella ferris wheel: photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters via the Guardian, 11 April 2015

Paris Hilton proves that while selfie sticks are banned at Coachella, selfies are here to stay: photo by Matt Cowan for Coachella via the Guardian, 11 April 2015

Melissa Gasia, 24, dances in front of artwork on the Coachella grounds: Papilio Merraculous, by Poetic Kinetics: photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters via the Guardian, 11 April 2015