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FictionReviewWhat could have been a great Afro-German story has been sidelinedAfro-Germans don't usually get a look-in when the narratives of Nazi Germany are told, yet the black presence in Germany goes back to at least the 18th century, and later waves of African immigrants produced German-born offspring who, by the interwar years, numbered several thousand. In this novel, the fictional Hieronymous "Hiero" Falk, around whom the plot revolves, is one of them – a Mischling or "

‘The only way to combat that was either [to dive] headfirst into work or get the fuck out and get home’ … Julia Louis-Dreyfus at the London film festival premiere of Tuesday. Photograph: Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images for BFI‘The only way to combat that was either [to dive] headfirst into work or get the fuck out and get home’ … Julia Louis-Dreyfus at the London film festival premiere of Tuesday.

US news This article is more than 1 year old‘It’s killing us all slowly’: how the night shift is taking a toll on US workersThis article is more than 1 year oldMillions of workers in the US work throughout the night, and the impacts can be profound on their health Roger Reinhardt works the third shift at a beer production facility in Michigan from 10pm-8am, four days a week. He started working nights because it was the only shift available when he was hired, but he has continued doing it for the extra pay.

Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin's When Will You Marry? becomes most expensive artwork everPainting of two Tahitian women by an artist whose work won little or no acclaim in his lifetime is sold for nearly $300m Everyone has their price, so the saying goes, and it appears that almost $300m (£200m) was the right price for one Swiss art collector. Rudolf Staechelin was the owner of the painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo? or When Will You Marry?

Book clubBarbara KingsolverThe story of a Baptist missionary and his family can be pieced together from the very different voices of five separate narratorsBarbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible is remarkable not just for its story but also for its narrative form. It has five narrators. Orleanna Price and her four daughters accompany her husband Nathan Price, a Baptist missionary, to the Congo in 1959. The Price daughters and their mother narrate in contrapuntal alternation.

Categories Nooks and crannies Yesteryear Semantic enigmas The body beautiful Red tape, white lies Speculative science This sceptred isle Root of all evil Ethical conundrums This sporting life Stage and screen Birds and the bees ETHICAL CONUNDRUMSWhat did Jesus do with his gold, frankincense and myrrh - surely very valuable gifts that would have set him up for life?

SEMANTIC ENIGMASWhat does the D in D-day stand for? G A Treadaway, Hong Kong China It means "designated" day. Peter Post, Boston USA The D denotes the 4th day from Go date. After Go ahead had been given for the invasion the Allies had to wait 3 days for the weather to improve and then went on the 4th. Had it been the the 3rd day we would always have referred to it as C-Day.

Eddie Izzard This article is more than 15 years oldCruise was a dream to work with, say Valkyrie co-starsThis article is more than 15 years oldAt the film's UK premiere, Bill Nighy and Eddie Izzard had only kind words for Tom Cruise, who plays the German colonel who led a 1944 plot to assassinate HitlerHe's come under fire for his sofa-jumping, his Scientologist beliefs, and even his portrayal of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg has been described as "

Entertainment TVThe former Patriot Act host argued that ‘there’s no middle’ when it comes to looks for male actors of color Comedian Hasan Minhaj is making waves after a 2019 Vanity Fair lie detector stunt he participated in resurfaced and went viral when a fan account shared it to Twitter. The video – in which had Minhaj was hooked to a lie detector and asked a series a potentially embarrassing questions – shows him talking about how male actors of color have to continuously fight to receive the same opportunities as the “schlubby [white] dudes” he went to high school with.