South AfricaObituaryNorman Levy obituarySouth African anti-apartheid activist who went into exile after prison and torture but returned to help the new ANC government Norman Levy, who has died aged 91, was an anti-apartheid activist who suffered arrest, torture and imprisonment in South Africa before two decades of exile in Britain and a return to his homeland after the end of minority rule. Back in South Africa he served on government commissions that concentrated on transforming the civil service and putting documents from the apartheid era into the public domain.

Pop and rockObituaryBill FullerIrishman whose empire of venues and hotels started in CamdenBill Fuller, who has died aged 91, was widely regarded as the man who first brought rock music to London's Camden Town. Fuller, who built an empire of entertainment venues and hotels across the world - including the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town and San Francisco's Fillmore West - was an innovative Irishman whose colourful presence impacted on 70 years of the music business.

CaliforniaCalifornia town proposes ban on Pride, Black and women’s history celebrationsFar-right council members in Huntington Beach introduce agenda item to switch focus to US wars and America’s independence The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong celebrations of Black history, women’s history and Pride, in favor of observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California’s history and America’s independence.

How to draw… a parasite Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email From fleas to nits to thread worms, this is a great time of year to think about the bugs that live in and on us, making us itch and sneeze (but doing some good stuff too!). Parasites rule in Kate Hindley’s book Worst In Show so here’s a lesson on how to draw them!

US news blogPornographyHunter Moore of IsAnyoneUp.com announces new revenge porn websiteControversial internet provocateur announces creation of 'something that will question if you ever want to have kids'Hunter Moore, a notorious internet provocateur who turned "revenge porn" into a phenomenon, has announced that he is returning to the genre, eight months after shutting down his controversial website, isanyoneup.com Moore said the new site, much like the old one, would solicit nude pictures and post them online.

Autumn arts preview 2021TelevisionInterviewPaul Abbott: ‘I have written two scenes I can’t bear to watch’Stuart JeffriesShameless plundered his bleak childhood for comedy. Now, he’s written a ‘funny forensics’ show, Wolfe, informed by his own bipolar diagnosis. The hit writer talks therapy, all-nighters and why his seven-year-old adores gore ‘I wanted to write a funny forensics show,” says Paul Abbott. “It’s never been done.” Nobody watched Silent Witness for the laughs. Bones only tried to be funny.

Readers recommendMusicRR regular Magicman picks the playlist from last week's thread – songs on the subject of disappointmentAccording to psychotherapist & writer Ian Craib (The Importance of Disappointment), the notion of disappointment is integral to healthy growth and maturity of the mind. Which may not come as much consolation to this week's A-listers. In 1967, Jimi Hendrix described three doomed hopefuls facing abrupt reality, dreamers rudely awoken. In his heartbreaking song, Castles Made of Sand, written in Essaouira, Morocco, the crumbling medieval castle on the beach provides a poetic image of atrophy.

South KoreaInterviewSouth Korea’s Kim Min-jae: ‘My nickname the Monster sums me up’David Hytner in DohaNapoli defender on travelling to his first Korea call-up in a fish truck, doing national service and watching the glory games of 2002 Kim Min-jae describes it as “one of the greatest moments in my life”, and it certainly made for an unusual scene, quite the entrance. The imposing South Korea centre-half has taken Serie A by storm since signing for Napoli in the summer and he intends to do likewise at the World Cup.

Sex uncovered 2014SexThe 10 best works of erotic artArt has always been intrinsically linked to expression, passion and sensuality, but across the centuries, there have been surprisingly few unambiguous depictions of the carnal act in its naked glory. Here, Jonathan Jones chooses his favourite 10 erotic pieces Tim Adams on why Britain is having less sex How the British changed their minds about sex ‘How Tinder took me from serial monogamy to casual sex’

MoviesReviewDanielle Deadwyler adds emotional force to a bland script as a farmer who takes on a criminal family to protect her own At times, this slow-burn indie hillbilly thriller feels like a heavy-footed stomp through the genre. It’s set in the Appalachian mountains, where a close-knit clannish community lives by its own rules; a lawless backcountry in which a lone woman takes on the meanest family on the mountain to protect her own, banjos strumming on the score.