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Great interviews of the 20th centuryMarilyn is deadMarilyn Monroe was found dead in bed this morning in her home in Hollywood, only a physical mile or two, but a social universe, away from the place where she was born 36 years ago as Norma Jean Baker. She dies with a row of medicines and an empty bottle of barbiturates at her elbow. These stony sentences, which read like the epitaph of a Raymond Chandler victim, will confirm for too many millions of movie fans the usual melodrama of a humble girl, cursed by physical beauty, to be dazed and doomed by the fame that was too much for her.

Patrick Mahomes This article is more than 2 months oldPatrick Mahomes ‘definitely’ wants to play flag football at 2028 LA OlympicsThis article is more than 2 months old KC star says he wants to play in 2028 Games, when he’d be 32 Flag football to join program with cricket, squash and lacrosse Patrick Mahomes says he is up for playing flag football for the United States at the 2028 Summer Olympics.

TheatreReviewAlmeida, London Sam Holcroft’s drama delights in the theatrical trickery of dual identities and false realities to throw a final surprise punch Extending the long tail of works influenced by Luigi Pirandello’s box of theatrical tricks, Six Characters in Search of An Author, Sam Holcroft’s A Mirror features an author and performers hoping they won’t be searched for. Denied a permit by the minister of culture in an unnamed dictatorship, they have licensed a venue for a wedding, at which Almeida ticket-holders are guests in the flower-bowered auditorium.

Drama and hubris, those familiar staples of boxing, returned to the ring in Riyadh when the heavily favoured Deontay Wilder lost his heavyweight contest against Joseph Parker Published: 24 Dec 2023 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRom6imkaGxrq%2FRmpw%3D

Iran This article is more than 7 years oldIran rocked by abuse allegations against top Qur'an reciterThis article is more than 7 years oldComplainants use banned media outlets to accuse Saeed Toosi of sexually abusing them when they were aged 12 to 13 Iran has been shaken by scandalous allegations against a top Qur’an reciter, who is accused of sexually abusing underage trainees, in the first case of its kind to cast a spotlight on the taboo topic.

CrimeMy beloved dad, the train robberAll his life, Michael Biggs has come to the rescue of his father Ronnie in his life on the run. Then, when Biggs finally returned to England and jail, Michael faced his greatest challenge: to persuade the authorities to set him free. Simon Hattenstone followed their small gains and frequent setbacks in a turbulent year of campaigning My beloved dad, the train robber, part II

The ObserverBooksMy father, RD Laing: 'he solved other people's problems - but not his own'He was a pioneering psychiatrist who blamed parents for the psychological problems of their offspring. But as a father, RD Laing was depressed, alcoholic and often cruel. What would he have made of the latest tragedy to hit his own family - the death 12 days ago of his son, Adam?Before speaking, Adrian Laing takes a small, precise sip of his cappuccino and carefully wipes away the specks of froth from his top lip.

The swimming blogSwimmingMy top 10 swimming songsFrom a folksy Frank Turner ballad to an REM classic via a funky oddity by 10CC, here's my pick from the pool of tunes about taking a dip in the drink. What are your favourites?Swimming as a pastime can be full of joy and laughter; it can be sensual. It can also be physically demanding as a sport. It can be about beautiful solitude and contemplation or isolating and lonely, according to your mood.

Art and designWe are so used to nude statues their strangeness escapes us. Was this exposure of the body to do with sex, athletics, war or virtue? James Davidson visits Defining Beauty, the stunning new exhibition of the body in Greek art The oddity of ancient sculpture often escapes us. A male nude, a Greek statue, has become very familiar over the past 2,500 years: it is what we expect of ancient statuary, that it show off its muscles.