Critics savage unlikely tale of love among Dresden raids | World news
World newsCritics savage unlikely tale of love among Dresden raids· Three-hour German TV epic provokes outcry · Producers defend film of British pilot's affairIt is one of the most controversial bombing raids of the second world war. But a new blockbuster TV drama about the bombing of Dresden has provoked withering criticism in Germany, particularly about its improbable sex scene between a shot-down British pilot and a German nurse.
Dresden: An Inferno is the first television feature film to be made about the bombing of Dresden.
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor review who killed the village witch?
Fiction in translationReviewThis deep drill into violence, femicide, homophobia and misogyny in rural Mexico is savage and necessary
In a house among cane fields lives the Witch of La Matosa. The women of this fictional Mexican village feed her in exchange for occult help. The men resent her because it makes them feel “sterile and weak” when she supplies their wives and daughters with abortifacients, but they’re not slow to queue up to do drugs in her kitchen and have sex with her.
Jimmy Ellis obituary | Pop and rock
Pop and rockObituaryJimmy Ellis obituaryLead singer with the Trammps, performers of Disco InfernoThe career of the vocalist Jimmy Ellis, who has died aged 74 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was ultimately defined by one song. The band he fronted, the Trammps, had other US and UK hits in the era when the lushly orchestrated soul music released on the Philadelphia International label was gradually mutating into disco, but they were all overshadowed by Disco Inferno.
Peter Gabriel: i/o review a glorious, late-career masterpiece
The ObserverPeter GabrielReview(Real World)
Gabriel’s first album of new material for 20 years considers the human condition with air-punching choruses and magnificent quieter moments
Instead of just dropping his first album of new material since 2002, Peter Gabriel has spent a year parcelling it out, a new song for each full moon. Finally assembled, i/o is a substantial late work from the ex-Genesis frontman, considering the human condition with genial positivity, wit and gloriously well-preserved vocals.
Ross McCullam jailed for life for murder of Megan Newborough | Leicester
Leicester This article is more than 1 year oldRoss McCullam jailed for life for murder of Megan NewboroughThis article is more than 1 year oldLab technician to serve minimum of 23 years for killing colleague at his parents’ home in Leicestershire
Ross McCullam has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years for the murder of his colleague Megan Newborough.
The 30-year-old lab technician strangled Newborough, 23, and cut her throat at his parents’ house in Leicstershire before dumping her in nearby woodland.
The living hell of young girls enslaved in Bangladesh's brothels | Global development
Girls wait for customers in Jessore brothel. Photograph: Allison JoyceSold by traffickers, trapped for years and raped many times a day … this is the life of tens of thousands of underage girls in Bangladesh. We hear their stories
by Corinne RedfernAfter five years in the brothel, Labonni stopped dreaming of being rescued. Ever since she had been sold to a madam at 13 years old, customers had promised to help her escape.
The new feminist armpit hair revolution: half-statement, half-ornament
Billie model Hale, 19: ‘Having autonomy over my body didn’t make me less attractive or less valuable.’ Photograph: Courtesy BillieBillie model Hale, 19: ‘Having autonomy over my body didn’t make me less attractive or less valuable.’ Photograph: Courtesy BillieLife and styleFemale body hair is becoming more visible in popular culture and, while the issue has been around for decades, the new enthusiasm for hirsuteness has a 21st-century twist
I am usually late to catch on to shifts in the zeitgeist; this one came to my attention just recently.
As a doctor Ive been given some inexpensive yet priceless gifts. These are my favourites | Ranjan
OpinionDoctors This article is more than 1 month oldAs a doctor I’ve been given some inexpensive yet priceless gifts. These are my favouritesThis article is more than 1 month oldRanjana SrivastavaThe gestures from my patients have come well under the cost reporting threshold but filled my heart
Every December a hospital communique concerning gifts “provided and received in the course of your work” lands in my inbox. It says, naturally, your patients are grateful but in accepting their thanks you must behave with integrity.
Emily Hunt: why she fought to make sure no woman is filmed naked without consent | Rape and sexual a
‘I like to joke that my job is to be a thorn in the side of the government’ ... Emily Hunt. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian. Photographed at The Hoxton, ShoreditchOne morning six years ago, she woke up in a hotel room with a man she didn’t recognise, who had videoed her. She describes her fight for justice for all women
by Emine SanerHad a particular event in 2015 not occurred, the government adviser Emily Hunt would be using her skills in research, politics and communications in very different ways.
Hollie Gazzard attack was filmed by bystanders, say police | Crime
Crime This article is more than 9 years oldHollie Gazzard attack was filmed by bystanders, say policeThis article is more than 9 years oldFamily pay tribute to their 'brightest star' as police warn anyone with footage of Gloucester incident not to share it onlineThe family of a hairdresser fatally stabbed in a beauty salon have paid tribute to their "beautiful, happy and loving girl", as reports emerged that bystanders filmed the incident on their mobile phones.