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Documentary filmsAfter the University of Alabama rush went viral on TikTok, a film-maker followed four young women seeking admittance In the realm of TikTok trends turned into mass cultural reality shows, few have captured attention quite like Alabama rush. For weeks in August 2021, TikTok was awash in content about the intense, highly scrutinized and anticipated process of sorority recruitment: daily “OOTDs” (outfits of the day), rush recap videos from freshly tanned and coiffed prospective new members (PNMs), and reactions to 18-year-old girls either elated or devastated by the high-stakes game of likability that is rush. [Read More]

MonarchyEvery step of the wayWhen Prince Charles was at Cambridge, he became close to a Norfolk horse-breeder named Hugh van Cutsem. The heir's wedding night was spent in his house, the pair still holiday together and are regular shooting companions. Now, their sons are developing a similar relationship. Stuart Millar on the secretive family who are, by appointment, best friends to the royalsFuture of the monarchy: special report The story was undoubtedly eyecatching: " [Read More]

CaliforniaPolice killed Niani Finlayson seconds after responding to her 911 call, video showsBody camera reveals Los Angeles deputy fired at woman who sought help for domestic violence as nine-year-old daughter watched The Los Angeles sheriff’s department (LASD) released body-camera footage on Friday of an officer fatally shooting Niani Finlayson, 27, who had called 911 for help during a domestic violence incident. The footage from the 4 December encounter showed that deputy Ty Shelton shot Finlayson four times within roughly three seconds of entering her home. [Read More]

OpinionSex This article is more than 10 years oldSex is everywhere you look, but the semiology of smut never changesThis article is more than 10 years oldSuzanne MooreAll this public banging on about sex is joyless. People who really enjoy each other just get on with itDeeply unsatisfactory sex, let's be having you! I am sure I am not alone in feeling rather "had" by the simulacrum of sex that contemporary culture is whacking out the whole time. [Read More]

The best black and white photography: 2023 Mono awards – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Dedicated to the art of monochrome and black-and-white photography in Australia and New Zealand, the annual awards celebrate the very best in three categories: people, place and animals Australian Life photography competition 2023 finalists – in pictures Main image: Winner, People category: Bubble fun [Read More]

The City of Light and its shadows: Brassaï's Paris – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Called ‘the Eye of Paris’ by his friend the author Henry Miller, the legendary photographer created a striking body of work that documented high – and low – society in Paris between the first and second world wars. A retrospective at Foam Amsterdam, until 4 December, traces his career [Read More]

Unforgotten: episode recapsUnforgottenUnforgotten series two, episode four recap – what a handbrake turn!Bombshells detonate all over the place as David Walker goes from victim to predator, Cassie gets assaulted and Sara goes viral The plot takes a jarring handbrake turn this week as David Walker is revealed as a serial abuser. It’s a shock big enough to cause a bust-up between the usually harmonious Cassie and Sunny. Things are no less tense for the suspects as the past bleeds into the present, threatening everything they hold dear. [Read More]

Davy Jones – a life in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The frontman of 60s pop group the Monkees has died in Florida at the age of 66 Wed 29 Feb 2012 20.32 EST First published on Wed 29 Feb 2012 20.32 EST Davy Jones on the set of the Monkees television show in Los Angeles in November 1967. [Read More]

Abdominal pain DY4YK7 Abdominal pain Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoAbdominal pain DY4YK7 Abdominal pain Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoHealth, mind and body booksReviewAn amusing and delightfully frank primer on our intestines crammed with amazing biological facts and anecdotes from the scatological limits of researchGerman medic Giulia Enders is on a mission to explain “why the gut is so fascinating”. This amusing and delightfully frank primer on our intestines, translated by David Shaw, is crammed with amazing biological facts (“the surface area of our digestive system is about a hundred times greater than the area of our skin”) and anecdotes from the scatological fringes of research: to discover the best position in which to poo, Japanese scientists fed volunteers luminescent substances then x-rayed them as they did their business. [Read More]

MoviesObituaryMala PowersThe long-nosed poet-duellist Cyrano de Bergerac, addressing the object of his love as the proxy of the tongue-tied Christian, declaims: "Your name is like a golden bell hung in my heart; and when I think of you, I tremble, and the bell swings and rings - Roxanne!, Roxanne!" The name of Mala Powers, who has died of leukaemia aged 75, usually rings a bell as a beautiful, dignified Roxanne in the 1950, Stanley Kramer-produced version of the Edmond Rostand verse drama, for which José Ferrer, in the title role, won the best actor Oscar. [Read More]