Editor's note

Theresa May has declared that it’s time to “get on” with Brexit. With just a year to go, she’s spoken about the need for everyone to accept that they can’t have absolutely everything they want. But Andy Price warns that May’s new conciliatory tone won’t count for anything while “rent-a-bile” Brexiteers continue to push for the hardest of departures from the EU. But if you think life in Westminster is messy right now, this weekend’s Italian election produced a result as tangled as any plate of linguine. Daniele Albertazzi picks apart what’s happening.

Big organisations have until next month to submit details of their operations as part of the government’s bid to tackle the gender pay gap. Catriona Paisley and Betty Wu explain why the rules should be extended to cover ethnicity and social class. Meanwhile, Scott Taylor asks whether it’s time for men to do their bit by taking a pay cut.

The story of Stan, the ill-fated superfan and his correspondence with hero Slim Shady, was one of rapper Eminem’s darkest creations. Through four verses we’re taken through Stan’s desperate demise and the terrible consequences. Akeem Sule and Becky Inster, who use hip hop to explore mental health issues, look at the role Stan’s childhood trauma played in this tragic story.

And thousands of starfish have washed up dead along beaches in the east of England after the "Beast from the East" weather front hit the UK. Coleen Suckling explains why.

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Laura Hood

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Theresa May's push 'to get on with it' means nothing while rent-a-bile Brexiteers rampage

Andy Price, Sheffield Hallam University

A conciliatory tone from the prime minister but Boris Johnson and Michael Gove continue to cause problems.

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Closing the gender pay gap: should men take a pay cut?

Scott Taylor, University of Birmingham

We know from every previous wave of feminist activism that some men fear loss of status and power, two things manifest in work and pay.

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Analysing Stan: what Eminem's ill-fated fictional superfan can tell us about the brain and mental health

Akeem Sule, University of Cambridge; Becky Inkster, University of Cambridge

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