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The ObserverMoviesWho: Wentworth Miller What: Actor They say: 'A sensational new talent', Pete Travers, Rolling Stone magazine We say: Ivy League scholar with old-school appeal Wentworth Miller's mellifluous accent and perfect grammar give few clues to a Brooklyn childhood, and his striking looks are equally unplaceable. He is of mixed race, but, as he explains, 'It's a little bit more complicated than that. My father is technically African-American, Jamaican, German and English.

TV reviewTelevisionReviewAs Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle’s show enters its final run, it’s at the peak of its powers. Never have the agonies of teenage life been so clear … or so hilarious PEN15 (Sky Comedy) started out as a show that leaned on the grotesqueness of the teenage experience, and was constructed on the foundations of a largely visual joke – that the 13-year-old versions of the two protagonists, Maya and Anna, were played by actors in their 30s, while the other 13-year-olds around them were played by actors of that age.

The stacks of the Salt River Project generating station near Randolph, Arizona. Photograph: Caitlin O’Hara/The GuardianThe stacks of the Salt River Project generating station near Randolph, Arizona. Photograph: Caitlin O’Hara/The GuardianArizonaResidents in industry-choked Randolph renew efforts to block the power company’s plans near their fragile town A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds.

Obsessive-compulsive disorderCould Gamma Knife, a non-invasive brain surgery using radiation, help OCD sufferers who can't be helped by more established treatments?"One of our first patients, just 17 years old, was brought to us in a wheelchair," says Professor Christer Lindquist, a pioneer in the use of a brain surgery technique for people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), known as Gamma Knife. "This boy would set himself maths problems, which he had to solve before he could eat.

UK news This article is more than 5 years oldConspiracy theorist Max Spiers 'died after taking anxiety drug'This article is more than 5 years oldBriton, who had pneumonia, died in Poland after taking Turkish equivalent of Xanax, inquest hears A British conspiracy theorist died in Poland after taking a Turkish equivalent of the drug Xanax while suffering from pneumonia, an inquest heard. Maxwell Bates-Spiers, widely known as Max Spiers, had travelled to Poland to speak at a conference in April 2016.

US unions This article is more than 2 months oldThis article is more than 2 months oldFrom Florida to Alaska, workers are facing legal efforts to weaken their power by targeting union certification and dues Public sector unions in the US have been facing significant challenges from anti-union groups and Republicans at the federal and state levels in recent years, but have also mounted significant organizing campaigns to stave off membership and funding losses.

Books This article is more than 8 months oldJohnny Cash lyrics to be collected in book for first timeThis article is more than 8 months oldJohnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics will include rare and never-before-seen visual material alongside stories and commentary The lyrics of Johnny Cash are to be collected for the first time in a new book due to be published in November. Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics, by Cash with Mark Stielper, will include rare and never-before-seen visual material alongside stories and commentary from Cash’s son, John Carter Cash, and Stielper, the Cash and Carter family historian, as well as others.

Classical musicObituaryJosef Suk obituaryEminent violinist from a great Czech musical familyThe Czech violinist Josef Suk, who has died aged 81 of cancer, belonged to one of the great musical families: his great-grandfather was the composer Antonín Dvorak, and his grandfather was his namesake, the composer and violinist Josef Suk. Born in Prague, as a child Suk junior enjoyed a close relationship with his grandfather, best remembered for his Serenade for Strings and Asrael Symphony, spending many holidays with him, and receiving regular postcards from his tours with the Bohemian Quartet – Suk senior played second violin in this legendary group.

FilmObituaryRonan Vibert obituaryActor best known for his film and television roles, including Saving Mr Banks, The Snowman and the TV epic The Borgias The British character actor Ronan Vibert, who has died aged 58 after a brief illness, made his most impressive entrance in Saving Mr Banks, the 2013 live-action Disney film about PL (Pamela) Travers, author of the Mary Poppins books. In the opening scene, set in 1961, the writer – played by Emma Thompson – lets her longtime publisher, Diarmuid Russell (Vibert), into her plush Georgian house in London and exchanges formal pleasantries (“Mr Russell”, “Mrs Travers”).