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My favourite film aged 12War filmsContinuing our series in which writers revisit childhood movie passions, we find out if a war film from a pre-greenscreen era holds up in the digital age I was 12 in a time before there was streaming, before there was Blockbuster, when someone with a VCR in their home boasted playground status roughly equivalent to the captain of the football team combined with the kid whose parents ran a newsagent and could get you free sweets.

Wildlife This article is more than 12 years oldSiberia home to yeti, bigfoot enthusiasts insistThis article is more than 12 years oldRussian tundra said to reveal evidence that prompts conference visitors to be 95% sure of abominable snowman's existenceThe vast Siberian tundra holds untold mysteries, from once-secret nuclear installations to alleged UFO crash sites. Now, a team of scientists say they are "95%" sure that Russia's wintry expanse is home to the mythical yeti, otherwise known as the abominable snowman.

ArtObituarySuzanne WengerAustrian-born artist and priestess of the Yoruba religionSuzanne Wenger, the Austrian-born artist and Yoruban priestess, who has died at the age of 93 in her adopted home of Osogbo in Nigeria, was unique in her absorption into traditional African religion. After her arrival in Africa in 1949, she worked hard to revive Yoruba among Nigerians who had drifted away from it under the influence of western culture and religion. She also made enormous efforts to protect the sacred grove of Osun, a forest along the banks of the Oshun river just outside Osogbo, which she turned into a sculpture garden filled with art made by her and others.

Top 10sBooksFrom Edgar Allan Poe to Enid Blyton and Gillian Flynn, here’s where to find the best treasure troves in literature Like a good whodunnit, a treasure-hunt story can be the ultimate page-turner (and in a way, all detective novels are treasure hunts too, since the sleuth must solve a series of clues to discover the prize of the murderer’s identity). It delivers thrills, perhaps danger, but often with a sense that things will work out happily in the end.

XXXTentacion This article is more than 4 years oldXXXTentacion's son born seven months after rapper's deathThis article is more than 4 years oldGekyume Onfroy’s birth announced by rapper’s motherXXXTentacion was shot dead in apparent robbery attemptSeven months after XXXTentacion was shot dead, the rapper’s son has been born. XXXTentacion: a hyperfast life of trauma, endured and inflictedRead moreJenesis Sanchez, XXXTentacion’s girlfriend, gave birth on Saturday to baby boy Gekyume Onfroy. The birth was announced on Saturday evening by XXXTentacion’s mother, Cleopatra Bernard.

North Korea networkNorth KoreaA day in the life of North Korean footballer Ri Myong-gukRi Myong-guk played in goal for North Korea at the 2010 World Cup, and insists his teammates were welcomed home after they were knocked out. Rory Maclean met him for a new British Council exhibition on North Korea Day in the life of a dolphin trainer Day in the life of a deaf schoolgirl Ri Myong-guk, 26, footballer

Arsenal This article is more than 9 years oldArsenal would have signed Ángel Di María as a teenager but for work permit flawThis article is more than 9 years old Arsène Wenger: politically correct system should be abolished ‘We wanted him to come but he could not get a work permit’ Club has ‘50/50 chance’ of signing Gabriel Paulista for £15m Arsène Wenger has called for English football’s “politically correct” work permit system to be abolished in order to help Premier League clubs produce the best players in the world.

New England PatriotsBill Belichick leaves Patriots after 24 seasons and six Super Bowl titles71-year-old was most successful head coach this centuryNew England slumped to 4-13 record in 2023Bill Belichick, who led the New England Patriots to a record six Super Bowl titles, has left the team after 24 seasons. “He is the greatest coach of all time, which makes this decision to part ways so hard. This is a move that we mutually agreed that is needed at this time.

BooksObituaryFrancis King obituaryNovelist, reviewer and drama critic whose fiction was tinged with melancholyIn a literary career noted for its variety Francis King, who has died aged 88, served the British Council in four countries, published more than 30 novels, many semi-autobiographical, across more than six decades, and in a lengthy association with the Sunday Telegraph was a regular fiction reviewer and for 10 years its drama critic. If, commercially, he failed to reach the top rung of the fiction ladder he blamed himself.