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A Slight Ache

Flora and Edward are breakfasting in the garden. A wasp flies into the marmalade, a sting in what appears to be paradise. The campaign to kill it is mounted by Edward with military precision and a polite middle-class ruthlessness. But it is Flora and Edward's marriage that is dying, and the end is hastened by

Activism | World | The Guardian

In the 1980s and early 90s, the Kings Cross picture house attracted all manner of freaks, geeks, itinerants and outcasts to its cult movie all-nighters. The makers of a new documentary discuss its rise, fall, and quite heroic legacy

Ann Lynn obituary | Television

Ann Lynn, who has died aged 86, was a prolific stage and screen actor whose serious looks were more suited to television plays and crime series than the films in which she appeared in the 1950s and 60s.

Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz review more than a gripping whodunnit

The Melbourne writers debut novel challenges the conventions of the crime genre, weaving feminism, philosophy and mortality throughout Two women arrive in New York on the same day, both determined to change their lives in a city famous for new beginnings. Weeks later, one is dead and the other is reeling from discovering her brutalised

Guido Crepax | Italy | The Guardian

The Italian erotic cartoonist Guido Crepax, who has died of multiple sclerosis aged 70, was best known as the creator of Valentina, a sensuous Milan photographer whose sadomasochistic adventures infuriated feminists and captivated the fantasy of generations of Italian males.