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TV comedyObituaryAlan JW Bell obituaryDirector of Last of the Summer Wine and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who favoured the use of film in making TV programmesAlan JW Bell, who has died aged 85 after suffering from dementia, relished producing and directing the BBC’s whimsical sitcom Last of the Summer Wine for 29 years. Taking over in 1982 for the sixth series, nine years after the show’s launch, he increasingly made a showcase of the lush West Yorkshire countryside around Holmfirth, and introduced more slapstick and madcap stunts.

BPAnalysisBP chief Tony Hayward's statement in fullBP boss's full statement to congressional committee on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the causes, clean-up operation, and BP's actions and responsibilitiesBP chief executive Tony Hayward will appear before the US house energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations at 10am EST (3pm BST) to answer questions on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This is his prepared testimony, released before the hearing: Chairman Stupak, ranking member Burgess, members of the subcommittee.

Sean O'Hagan on photographyPhotographyThe Japanese photographer focused obsessively on his wife and muse Yoko from the day they met till the day she left. Then he switched to ravens – and created the best photobook of the last 25 years Masahisa Fukase is best known for his photobook The Solitude of Ravens, which was published in 1986. In 2010, a panel of experts voted it the best photobook of the last 25 years.

Shaun Tan's Cicada: a meditation on belonging and bullying – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email In his latest picture book, acclaimed Australian illustrator, writer and film-maker Shaun Tan explores the ponderous themes of migrant workers and workplace bullying through the voice of a hardworking insect who has toiled away, unappreciated and without promotion, alongside humans in a grey office block for 17 years.

PizzaA widely shared image of a kiwifruit pizza has caused mass consternation online – but it tastes much better than it looks “I wouldn’t even serve this to my worst enemy,” our waiter says with a smile as he plonks the pizza down on the table. “This” is a kiwifruit pizza, an innovation that horrified the internet this week after an image of one was shared widely on Reddit and then picked up by the press.

FictionReviewAnne Brontë’s heroine is re-imagined as a fearless war photographer in this fast-paced thriller, an arresting update of the underrated feminist classic An enigmatic woman rents a wreck of a house on the edge of a Yorkshire village, sending the local gossips into a frenzy. If this sounds familiar, it is because Sam Baker’s thriller plays with Anne Brontë’s criminally underrated second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Her heroine, Helen (or is it Hélène?

Leading questionsAustralian lifestyleCare-taking is difficult, consuming labour, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, and you deserve help in caring for yourself as well as him I love my husband dearly. I took care of my parents for 15 years. I was their caregiver until they died. Afterwards my husband fell ill and for a year doctors have been trying to find out what is wrong. He is very depressed, sits in his chair all day and gets no exercise.

AFL This article is more than 6 months oldAFL launches investigation after nude images of past and present players shared online without consentThis article is more than 6 months oldThe league said ‘significant work’ had gone into compiling the pictures of 45 players although the motive of the poster was not clear Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The AFL has launched an investigation into the sharing of naked images of past and present players online without their consent.

He wasn’t just a magnificent actor – he was also a raconteur, mentor, joker, engineer and pilot. Friends including Tom Hollander, Penelope Wilton, Simon Callow, Nicholas Hytner, Matthew Warchus and Rupert Goold pay tribute to the star Published: 3 Oct 2023 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKuklrSme9Gup56qpGK0sLvLnQ%3D%3D