This sunshine-filled slice of the Turkish Riviera was once a cheap holiday option but has transformed into something altogether more chic a Sarah Holt uncovers how Bodrum has reinvented itself

Away from the five-star hotels and bougie restaurants of Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada, Tamara Davison finds an oasis of diving, mountain adventures and laid-back beach life in Dahab

The European tourist was rushed to hospital

Many of us adopt an altered persona in the workplace a changing our vocabulary, our clothes, and even our opinions. Ellie Harrison asks the experts if itas healthy... and which self is more real

From aspiritual mentorsa charging APS1,500 for a tarot reading to gurus who claim to dabble in the occult, witches have gone mainstream in the Goop-sphere. But real witches are claiming it makes a mockery of their beliefs, writes Olivia Petter

House librarian Tizane Navea-Rogers dives into The Independentas photography archive and explores the Olympic Games through the lens

Duke won privacy case against Mirror Group newspapers last year

Independent Office for Police Conduct confirms officer under criminal investigation for assault

From Truman Capoteas problem with Audrey Hepburn in aBreakfast at Tiffanyasa to Lois Duncanas very personal offence over aI Know What You Did Last Summera and Quentin Tarantinoas public beef with Oliver Stone, Annabel Nugent counts down 17 times writers hated adaptations of their work

The British actor talks to Jessie Thompson about performing Annie ErnauxasA masterpiece aThe Yearsa on stage, speaking out about the treatment of women in the industry, and why Britainas attitude to rape is a disgrace

House librarian Tizane Navea-Rogers dives into The Independentas photography archive and explores the Olympic Games through the lens

As aDeadpool & Wolverinea pokes fun at the flops and aborted franchises of the pre-MCU era of comic book movies, Adam White explores the tortured production of the final Blade film a from an allegation of strangulation to the long-lasting feud between its stars

Emmerich was initially attached to reboot the sci-fi classic in the 1990s

Morfydd Clark and Charlie Vickers answered fan questions about their characters at Comic-Con

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Weare now just 15 minutes away from the start of the action on day one of the Paris Olympics. And that action is badminton.

If you donat know your back alley from your shuttlecock, fear not, because hereas one we made earlier.

The pool is shallower than the 3m standard, at 2.30m and there have been some questions raised over the effect this will have. The starting platforms have fins that allow swimmers to really push off at the gun. And one of Franceas faces of the Games, swimmer LA(c)on Marchand, believes it will live up to expectations.

aThe pool is superb,a he said. aI loved the feeling I had in the water, the depth which is the same along the entire length. So you feel like youare swimming fast and thatas cool. Itas a beautiful pool.a If swimmers are feeling fast in the pool at La DA(c)fense, we could yet see some new world records.

MPs and candidates who faced abuse discuss polling station buffer zones and action to tackle social media

• aConstant abusea: three UK candidates on their election experience

MPs and candidates who faced abuse on the campaign trail have pressed ministers to act over intimidation around polling stations and via social media algorithms that push incendiary material.

Half a dozen MPs and candidates attended a roundtable meeting with Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, Dan Jarvis, the security minister, and Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, on Wednesday.

Joe Bidenas decision to step aside, a slew of endorsements and a record fundraising haul a vice-president hits the ground running as Democratsa new standard-bearer

The telephone line was a little fuzzy, and the voice on the end gravelly from several days of Covid isolation. Yet the poignancy of the message, and the moment itself, could not have been clearer: aIam watching you, kid. I love you,a the speaker said.

Joe Bidenas warmhearted call to his vice-president, Kamala Harris, at the Democratic partyas campaign headquarters in Delaware on Monday marked a generational shift in US politics, a symbolic passing of the torch from parent to progeny.

Public health adviser says higher temperatures caused by climate crisis pose danger for visitors not used to them

The climate emergency poses a areal riska to Spainas traditional mass tourist model as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves hit the countryas most popular coastal destinations, a senior public health adviser has warned.

HA(c)ctor Tejero, the head of health and climate change at Spainas health ministry, said the increasingly apparent physical impacts of the climate emergency had already led the ministry to begin talks with the British embassy on how best to educate avulnerablea tourists about coping with the heat.

Former politicians pay tribute after files show aLabouras most successful leadera was forced to consider selling legacy to pay for his dementia care

Margaret Thatcher described him as athe most skilful of politiciansa and Tony Blair thought him aLabouras most successful leader evera.

Such elegies on the death in 1995 of Harold Wilson, 79, the twice Labour prime minister who had Alzheimeras and colon cancer, betray nothing of the reality of his later years a spent in the unforgiving grip of dementia and, it has emerged, forced to consider selling his personal and political papers to meet the heavy and increasing costs of care.

With Bank of England meeting on 1 August, people are advised to take advantage of top-paying accounts now

Experts are split on whether there will be a UK interest rate cut on Thursday but most agree on one thing: savers should aact nowa to lock into the best rates while they are still available.

All eyes will be on the Bank of Englandas monetary policy committee when it meets on 1 August, although while some believe we could see it announce the first base rate cut in more than four years, others reckon we will have to wait until at least September.

Visitors will need to pay up to a!15 to stroll a and take photos a along romantic 900-metre walkway in Liguria, Italy

Stifling though the crowds of tourists can be at the height of summer, a hint of love is in the air across the five villages of Italyas Cinque Terre as a Ligurian riviera coastal path famed as a meeting point for courting couples reopens after an almost 12-year closure.

Sculpted into the steep cliffs wedged between the villages of Riomaggiore and Manarola, the Via dellaAmore (Path of Love) had been closed since being damaged by a September 2012 landslide that injured four Australian tourists.

Sheas had death threats, seen her friend and fellow MP murdered, and has just survived a bruising election campaign. So what drives her?

aC/ aIave intervened in environments that would make the toughest men crya: read an extract from Jess Phillipsa latest book

The pub is empty when we arrive. aCan you fit us in?a Jess Phillips asks the barman, followed by the familiar smirk. She canat help herself. Phillips has never been your regular MP. Sheas a warm, wise-cracking, potty-mouthed, deeply serious showoff. Sheas political Marmite. Lots of people love her, while a fair few hate her with a passion. At least half a dozen men have been convicted of abuse, death and rape threats.

She orders half a lager, then mocks herself for being such a wuss. aHalf a lager!a she parrots, as if she canat quite believe that itas come to this. But Phillips is exhausted. Itas six days since the most remarkable British general election in decades, with Labour transforming the 2019 trouncing into a landslide victory. On a night of memorable moments (the unseating of Liz Truss, Jeremy Corbyn winning as an independent, Nigel Farage becoming an MP at his eighth attempt, and on it goes), the most memorable might well belong to Phillips a and not in a good way. She had started the day with a majority of 10,659 and only just held on to her Birmingham Yardley seat by 693 votes, with George Gallowayas Workers party of Great Britain, standing on a pro-Palestine platform, finishing a close second. When she began her victory speech, she was heckled by Workers party supporters. She looked both distraught and furious.

False rumours that a child died in Harehills while being taken into care sparked unrest a week ago

aA child died at the weekend,a a Roma woman in Harehills, Leeds, said on Monday. aPolice came to take him and he jumped out of an upstairs window and died. The authorities have covered it up.a

Where has she heard this? aTikTok.a

Given barely any warning, many people fled with nothing as bombs fell and bullets flew around them

The evacuation order jolted Munadil Abu Younes one morning earlier this week as he scrolled on his phone reading the news. Israeli forces ordered thousands to flee, including from the area where he was sheltering. His eighth displacement was like nothing that had come before.

aIsraeli forces told us about the evacuation order as they entered the area,a he said. aWe barely had time to collect our things, most people fled without taking anything. During previous evacuation orders they gave us a day or two, but this time we didnat even have half an hour.a

For Emily and her husband, Matthew, everything changed when the police knocked on the door at 6.20am one morning. Could their family survive?

Emily, 35
In the 15 years Iave been with my husband, Matthew, I never imagined opening the front door to the police. As far as I was concerned, we had an ordinary marriage a we met at university, went travelling after graduation and returned home to build our careers. I trained in safeguarding, while he studied to be an engineer. I thought we were so lucky. Ours was a comfortable, middle-class life in an affluent English market town in the south a we enjoyed holidays and had a busy social life, with lots of friends. Iam a bit of an introvert, but my husbandas more popular a the sort who goes out of his way to help other people who might be struggling.

Birgit, 42, an academic, meets Solomon, 44, a healthcare professional

What were you hoping for?
A fun evening with someone interesting. I chose to not think about it too much beforehand and to just let things happen.

There are endless takes on tomato sauce, as well as pesto- or yoghurt-based accompaniments, and youall find a very versatile friend in tahini a|

I find making sauces for my vegetarian diet quite challenging. Any advice about how to moisten my meals?
Eric, Melbourne, Australia
There are so many directions in which you could happily go, tomato sauce being possibly the most obvious. I batch-cook all my tomato sauces a whether itas infused with a dried chilli (which is great on butter beans), or just a basil sprig (again, for butter beans, or to stir through pasta); itas also lovely spooned over cubed tofu or for braising eggs shakshuka-style.

Then thereas perhaps my favourite vegan ingredient, tahini, not least because itas so rich and acreamya and substantial. Thinned down with a little lemon juice and water, plus crushed garlic and salt to taste, itas glorious drizzled over all sorts of roast vegetables, salad leaves, grains and so on a the possibilities are almost endless; if you like, blitz with fresh parsley or coriander (thatas wonderful on chickpeas or a whole roast cauliflower, by the way). I also love to mix tahini with soy sauce and maybe a touch of honey a the combination is a dream with steamed aubergine or even just plain rice.

The model and musician on wanting to be a spy, a brush with gun violence, and the pleasure of fishfingers with ketchup

Born in London, Guinness, 56, married at 19, moved to Switzerland and had three children. She went on to work as a�model, fashion writer and muse to Alexander McQueen and Karl Lagerfeld. In 2011, she created a show from her own archive for the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She began recording music in 2011 and, this summer, released her fourth album, Sleep. Divorced, she lives in London.

When were you happiest?
I am often happiest on a shoot with David LaChapelle, being pushed to the extremes a either suspended from a�harness or immersed in a tank of water. He calls it aextreme modellinga.

Fonthill Road has almost 100 clothes shop and a huge ethnic mix but rent rises and restaurant chain expansion mean change is on the way

There is oodles of lace, glinting diamante and enough sequins for several series of Strictly Come Dancing: no, itas not the Met Gala but an unassuming street in north London where a quiet battle is under way to protect a hidden fashion treasure.

Almost 100 fashion stores, with names such as Bien Avenue, Cinderella and the sadly now defunct FFUK (short for Fashion Fashion UK) are crammed into about 250m of Fonthill Road, tucked behind Finsbury Park station.

Amir Sediqi, from Afganistan, at Huda Boutique

Just back from Spain, my wife has decided that a new dog will give the old one a new lease of life

While we were away, the middle one took the dog to its grooming appointment. When the dog returned shorn, the cat concluded, not�for the first time, that this was a�different dog altogether, and spent the next 24 hours living in a tree.

aBut then it was fine,a the middle one says, the day after we get back.

Research exposes flaws of older, often industry-funded studies and finds lowest mortality risk in lifelong abstainers

Humans have been drawn to the idea that alcohol may have health benefits for almost as long as they have been drinking it. In ancient China, rice wine was widely used for medicinal purposes, while Hippocrates, the ancient Greek aFather of Medicinea, advocated moderate amounts of alcohol for the mind, body and soul.

Later, proponents of the temperance movement, who urged 19th century workers to quit booze, were met with resistance by those who thought beer was necessary for good health.

The jeopardy of a zombie show is surely whether the characters get bitten to death or not a but somehow the stars manage to survive endlessly. Will the spinoffs ever cease?

Oh, sorry, didnat see you there. You just caught me writing a script for AMCas mega-franchise The Walking Dead, which finally finished in 2022 after 177 episodes and has now splintered into a number of spin-off shows which are basically just the same. Iave got the most obvious thing in there early (a scene where someone desperately�tugs on another characteras arm and goes: aPlease, we have to go!a while a mass of zombies get closer and closer to pushing the door down), so just need to pad out the other 55 minutes.

What else? Oh, of course: I need someone to get bitten by a zombie and slowly transform into a zombie but the person who has to kill them is also their brother or sister or wife, so they dilly-dally and either they do kill them in the end but become a shell of a person afterwards a or they mess about so long that they also get bitten by a zombie and die. Got to have an adult having an unbearable conversation with a child, obviously. A scene where a man gets a rifle out of the flatbed of a truck and goes: aNo, you stay here a itas safer,a before messing up their mission in a way where a second person could have been really helpful. A rumour about another city actually being safe, someoneas lost their husband and canat find them, and the group taking refuge in a building you wouldnat expect them to take refuge in. Right, thatas 60 pages. AMC, Iall�send you an invoice.

The weight of expectation is part of the experience and so Iam backing Emma Finucane to lead Team GBas rush for medals

The Paris Olympics are here, at last, and itas strange to admit that I am excited rather than nervous. Itas taken me 12 years to reach this point. I am proud to have won five gold medals at three successive Olympic Games in London, Rio and Tokyo but Iave also got one title that you might not expect. On the surface I was pretty good at looking confident and relaxed but, deep down, I always thought I was the most nervous Olympic champion you could ever meet.

I would be sick with nerves before a race while my hands were sweaty and shaking. But one thing made a difference. I was able to understand that this was normal at the Olympics.

The Californian made enough money from his basketball career to retire in comfort. But he was called back to the sport he loved as a high schooler

When Chase Budinger was named to the US menas beach volleyball team for the Paris Olympics, it seemed as if the selection panel had gotten its wires crossed.

Budinger a a tall, blond, California cliche (and in case unclear, his is a hard g) a isnat just any sand-sprinkled leviathan. Heas a 36-year-old NBA retiree. Really, the 6ft 7in swingman wouldnat look out of place among the motley crew of journeymen who carry the US menas basketball team through the Olympic qualifiers while the likes of LeBron James and Steph Curry are otherwise occupied. Instead, heas poised to become the rare human who has logged minutes in the NBA and competed in the Olympics in a sport other than basketball.

• Guardiola has not ruled out staying beyond next summer
• Manager had said he was acloser to leaving than stayinga

Pep Guardiola has insisted he has not ruled out signing a new contract with Manchester City, with his current deal due to expire next summer.

The City manager appeared to hint in May that next season could be his last at the club, saying he was acloser to leaving than stayinga. But speaking to reporters during the current pre-season tour of the United States, Guardiola opened the door to extending his tenure.

The 2024 FA Cup winners have lost several big names but have added the Norway striker who sparkled for Brighton

Elisabeth Terlandas first taste of English football was one of sour defeat. She came on in the 84th minute to make her tournament debut at the 2022 European Championship for a hopeless Norway side who went on to lose 8-0 against England, the eventual winners, in their Group A encounter.

That humiliation took place at the Amex Stadium and, as such, Terland could have been forgiven for never wanting to step inside the venue again. Instead, however, she made it her home that summer, moving from Brann to Brighton in August 2022 and subsequently scoring 23 goals in 50 appearances for the club. Of those goals, 13 came in 22 Womenas Super League appearances last season, leading to her finishing joint-second in the race for the golden boot.

Company after company is swallowing the hype, only to be forced into embarrassing walkbacks by anti-AI backlash

Earlier this month, a popular lifestyle magazine introduced a new afashion and lifestyle editora to its huge social media following. aReema, who on first glance looked like a twentysomething woman who understood both fashion and lifestyle, was proudly announced as an aAI enhanced team membera. That is, a fake person, generated by artificial intelligence. Reem would be making product recommendations to SheerLuxeas followers a or, to put it another way, doing what SheerLuxe would otherwise pay a person to do. The reaction was entirely predictable: outrage, followed by a hastily issued apology. One suspects Reem may not become a staple of its editorial team.

This is just the latest in a long line of walkbacks of aexciting AI projectsa that have been met with fury by the people theyare meant to excite. The Prince Charles Cinema in Soho, London, cancelled a screening of an AI-written film in June, because its regulars vehemently objected. Lego was pressured to take down a series of AI-generated images it published on its website. Doctor Who started experimenting with generative AI, but quickly stopped after a wave of complaints. A company swallows the AI hype, thinks jumping on board will paint it as innovative, and entirely fails to understand the growing anti-AI sentiment taking hold among many of its customers.

Noisy devices are making public transport hell. But do passengers realise the pain they inflict?

Earlier in the summer I started a social experiment a one you might consider ingenious or insufferable, depending on how much you prioritise a peaceful life. It began with a fragmented journey from north to south London, during which at each section of the journey (bus, overground, bus), someone was playing content on their phone, loudly.

First there was a woman flicking impatiently through TikTok videos: four-second assaults of traditional Chinese medicine tutorials, girls pranking their boyfriends and self-help tips. The woman next to her put in her earbuds, but said nothing. Next, there was a woman listening to a nearly 20-minute long voice note from a friend out loud that all of us could hear. This is the life of the passenger in our new ambient hell.

Hannah Ewens is a freelance editor and writer, and the author of Fangirls: Scenes From Modern Music Culture

From Berlinas techno scene to Oktoberfest, a revolution in drinking culture is taking place, and itas led by young people

The first cliche that comes to mind when many think of Germany is thigh-slapping oompah music, embroidered lederhosen and, above all, litre-sized mugs of beer. And Deutschlandas beer culture is best epitomised by Munichas Oktoberfest. Millions of revellers descend on the Bavarian capital each September for 16 days of booze, bretzel and bratwurst. But itas a cliche out of sync with modern Germany, where abstinence is on the up a and boozing is in decline.

One example is Die Null (The Zero). Before the world-famous beer festival kicks off this year on 21 September, a new alcohol-free beer garden has opened in the heart of the city, inaugurated by the mayor of Munich himself. The venue serves a variety of non-alcoholic beverages, from mocktails to alcohol-free lager.

Changes include converting Bentleys to run on biofuels but helicopter use shows difficulties in balancing priorities

A pair of gas-guzzling Bentleys are not the most obvious candidates to burnish the monarchas green credentials. But news that King Charles is converting his chauffeur-driven luxury vehicles to run on biofuels was this week billed as a small step in a bigger plan to reduce emissions a perhaps the equivalent of lesser mortals separating paper from plastic in the weekly rubbish.

aThe two existing state Bentleys will undergo refurbishment in the coming year to enable them to run on biofuel,a said Sir Michael Stevens, the keeper of the privy purse, adding that it was an interim measure in advance of athe next generation of state vehicles being fully electrifieda and part of a awider plan to make a significant impact on our carbon emissions in the years aheada.

Defining nature as separate from people perpetuates troubled relationship with the natural world, say campaigners

It was last year, during a conference at the Eden Project, the botanic garden and conservation centre in Cornwall, that Frieda Gormley first heard the dictionary definition of nature.

The businesswoman and environmental activist was answering questions about her plans to appoint a representative of nature to the board of her company, House of Hackney, when a member of the audience read it out.

Questions over whether plan to spend billions on weapons will work as a tool to spur economic growth

Even in a room full of generals from around the world decked in military braid, the arrival of the prime minister causes a stir. At the Farnborough international airshow this week, knots of advisers and armed police surrounded Keir Starmer as he walked through the stalls, occasionally allowing a favoured chief executive or a nervous apprentice into the inner circle.

A few words with the prime minister will always be valuable for bosses of big business. But at this yearas version of the biennial aviation and weapons show, defence companies in particular were hanging on his words for any hints of the intentions of the first Labour prime minister since 2010.

An academic paper says the show creates ideal conditions for acognitive overloada and demonstrates how to avoid it

BBC Radio 4as Just a Minute may be wonderfully entertaining for listeners but it is often excruciating for players as they attempt to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, hesitation or deviation.

An academic paper jointly produced by a university linguist and one of the greatest exponents of Just a Minute has suggested the game is so devious that the best way to succeed is to let go of any ambition to win.

Stories from aripped offa customers lead Which? to call for ameaningful actiona against firms that fall short

• Insurance costs are soaring a hereas how my family cut them

The consumer group Which? this week called on the regulator to clamp down on insurers that have been aripping offa consumers with aabysmala claims handling.

Having surveyed how customers have fared at the hands of insurers over the past three years a and unearthed some shocking stories a the consumer body has demanded that the Financial Conduct Authority take tough action against companies that fall short of the regulatoras required standards.

Israeli military says it is planning a military operation in Khan Younis

Foreign ministers of the South-east Asian regional bloc Asean on Saturday expressed concern over the dire humanitarian situation and aalarming casualtiesa in Gaza. It also urged peaceful resolutions to the conflicts in Gaza, as well as in Ukraine.

It came via a joint communique issued two days after their closed-doors retreat in Laos, reports Reuters.

The EUas Josep Borrell made the remark in a meeting with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi

Russian forces launched 408 strikes on ten settlements in Ukraineas southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Friday, injuring two women and one man, the regional governor, Ivan Fedorov, said. Russian troops carried out eight airstrikes on Kamianske, Lobkove, Robotyne, Mala Tokmachka and Malynyvka, he wrote in a post on Telegram.

The frontline Zaporizhzhia region is reported to be under regular bombardment by rockets, drones and cannons launched by Russia.

The visit, still in the planning stages, is expected to occur in the third week of August, likely sometime around Ukraineas Independence Day, according to WION, Indiaas English language news channel, who spoke with several sources in Delhias diplomatic circles.

Earlier this year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy extended an invitation to Modi during a telephone conversation.

US president also to seek constitutional amendment to limit immunity for presidents and various officeholders

Joe Biden will announce plans to reform the US supreme court on Monday, Politico reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, adding that the US president was likely to back term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics.

Biden said earlier this week during an Oval Office address that he would call for reform of the court.

Officials insist China-based owner ByteDance must separate from its short video app in the US because it is a threat to national security and citizensa data

The US justice department has asked an appeals court to reject legal challenges to a law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest itself of TikTokas US assets by 19 January or face a ban.

TikTok, parent company ByteDance and a group of TikTok creators have filed suits seeking to block the law, which could ban the app used by 170 million Americans.

Kai McKenzie, 23, expresses gratitude for outpouring of support in first public comments after attack by abiggest shark Iave ever seena

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An Australian surfer whose leg was bitten off by a shark has promised heall be aback in that water in no timea as he recovers from surgery.

Kai McKenzie, 23, was surfing off North Shore beach on the mid-north coast of New South Wales on Tuesday morning when a suspected three-metre great white shark bit him.

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His spy series became the TV hit Slow Horses, and now his earlier novels are being adapted for screen, starring Emma Thompson. Mick Herron talks about finding recognition

aLet me guess,a says a woman exiting a private detectiveas office and finding another one coming in. aYouave got a husband, heas got a secretary. Am I getting warm?a So far, so Raymond Chandler, and, indeed, ZoA<< Boehm, first glimpsed storming out of a row with�her husband, fellow gumshoe Joe Silverman, has more than a touch of hard-boiled noir about her: sardonic eyes and laughter lines, cigarette jammed into mouth, a handbag from whose depths she can produce not only vodka but a small silver gun. aI read once that you should take salt on a long journey,a she later declares. aTo liven up what you catch and eat.a

But ZoA<< is not in the canyons and boulevards of Philip Marloweas Los Angeles, she is in pre-millennial Oxford, the setting for Mick Herronas first novel, Down Cemetery Road, now being reissued and adapted by Apple TV+, the makers of the award-winning Slow Horses series. Emma Thompson will play ZoA<<, with Ruth Wilson taking the role of Sarah Tucker, a woman whose problem is not her husbandas secretary, but the fact that one of her neighbouras houses has just been blown up. There are four Boehm books, all to make a reappearance, providing plenty for the screenwriters to get their teeth into.

Swimming, cycling and hockey in Paris. Plus: another double-bill of sturdy Aussie crime drama High Country. Hereas what to watch this evening

8am, BBC One

Marvel get sweary as Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman snap on the spandex, and TikTokas favourite rap star finally releases her debut album

Deadpool & Wolverine
Out now
Way back when, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) was the irreverent, rebellious one, in contrast to the more earnest X-Men such as Professor Xavier. Now heas paired with Deadpool, the guy who represents the zenith (or nadir) of snook-cocking superhero snark. Comic-book quippery with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

The Olympic host city is one of cinemaas favourite places, whether real or romanticised, in films ranging from Breathless to Ratatouille and La Haine

The Paris Olympics are being held at the very time of year when the City of Light is least desirable as a destination, as all those inhabitants who vacate the city in August for their summer getaways well know. Cole Porter might have recommended Paris when it sizzles, but when it sweats? An acquired taste. Sometimes the city is best enjoyed from a distance a via the Olympics coverage if you wish, or the surfeit of films that have made Paris a veritable capital of cinema.

Like any tourist, thereas no shame in starting with the obvious: Parisians may roll their eyes at the airbrushed Montmartre in Jean-Pierre Jeunetas AmA(c)lie (2001), but this gaudy romantic bonbon still has its winsome charms. Itas only a shade less artificial than the Hollywoodised musical visions of the city in the 1950s. Gigi, Vincente Minnellias absurdly lavish take on Coletteas slender coming-of-age novella (currently unavailable to stream in the UK), used more location shooting than the same directoras An American in Paris, shot almost entirely on LA backlots, though both are delicious faux-French fancies. Ditto Audrey Hepburn swanning around Paris in Stanley Donenas Funny Face, though itas at least more Gallic-chic in spirit.

A set of cunning quizzes from the former Only Connect champion and the author of The Cryptic Pub Quiz Book. You might need a pen and paper a|

The eight answers in this round form a palindrome. That is to say, if the answers are seen collectively as a single string of letters (disregarding spaces, punctuation and capitalisation), it will read the same forwards and backwards.

From snorkel trails and seafood restaurants to maritime festivals and a amuseum of funa, hereas whatas new and exciting around the UK coast

I love walking in Blackpool. The stroll along the prom takes time and a bit of effort a itas almost three miles from the South Shore to the Grand Hotel a and takes me past three piers and more than a century of architecture including Victorian, art deco, modern and postwar municipal. In her 2023 novel Pleasure Beach, Helen Palmer pastiches Joyceas Ulysses: her home town perfectly suits its promiscuous, genre-hopping, list-loving energy. The expanses of sand, big skies and far horizons of the Irish Sea always distract and calm the soul.

Tips and tricks for getting the best deals when renewing home insurance and car cover

• Watchdog urged to clamp down on aabysmala claims handling

Households facing 100% increases to their car insurance premiums and 25%-plus rises to home insurance renewals may well be able to slash the price by shopping around and using a couple of other tricks.

How do I know this? Iave just done it a several times.

A bit of leftover naan, ciabatta, baguette or flatbread is the perfect vehicle for using up all sorts of odds and ends in the fridge. Stick it under the grill and hey presto: homemade apizzaa

Even the smallest amount of leftovers can be turned into an indulgent meal. Tacos, sushi and even pizza all benefit from this aless is morea approach and need very little by way of ingredients, too, making them a perfect vehicle for upcycling leftovers. Even just a few vegetables, fish or meat goes a really long way on a pizza a scatter them sparingly, leaving lots of space so the base cooks.

The future is here, whether some like it or not, and artificial intelligence is already impacting the film industry. But just how far can, and should, it go?

Last year, Rachel Antell, an archival producer for documentary films, started noticing AI-generated images mixed in with authentic photos. There are always holes or limitations in an archive; in one case, film-makers got around a shortage of images for a barely photographed 19th-century woman by using AI to generate what looked like old photos. Which brought up the question: should they? And if they did, what sort of transparency is required? The capability and availability of generative AI a the type that can produce text, images and video a have changed so rapidly, and the conversations around it have been so fraught, that film-makersa ability to use it far outpaces any consensus on how.

aWe realized it was kind of the wild west, and film-makers without any mal-intent were getting themselves into situations where they could be misleading to an audience,a said Antell. aAnd we thought, whatas needed here is some real guidance.a

Victoria Pendleton is one of Britainas greatest ever athletes, but has often felt like a failure and fraud. She tells Simon Hattenstone about her Olympic golds, the misery that came with them, and the joy she has found since she retired. And Twisters is the tornado blockbuster that almost has it all. But its two hot stars a Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones a avoid a climactic smooch. Is Steven Spielberg to blame?

For the twin photographers, this spontaneous shot captures the timeless pleasures of a day by the sea

aConey Island beach and boardwalk is such an iconic fixture in so many peopleas New York summers,a Mariel Tyler says of the location of this iPhone photograph. She and her twin sister, Katherine, make up the Tyler Twins, professional photographers who specialise in celebrity portraits, events and concerts. Past subjects include Jay-Z, Whoopi Goldberg and Lady Gaga.

Mariel took this image in 2015. aNormally when we shoot professionally, we pass the camera back and forth. Whoever is not shooting is directing. We rarely remember, or care, who took what shot. Itas always a joint effort,a Mariel says. aThis shot was entirely spontaneous. The work I do with my sister often has to be more thought out, so itas nice to shoot without expectations sometimes. On this occasion, Katherine was on a work trip in LA but, ironically, had taken photos of Santa Monica pier earlier that day.a

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