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Ronnie Knight obituary | Crime

Ronnie Knight, the former London club owner, wide boy, convicted criminal and ex-husband of the actor Barbara Windsor, played as big a part as anyone in establishing the south of Spain as the Costa del Crime. For many years he acted as an unofficial consul for British criminals seeking a home away from the bothersome

Shami Chakrabarti | The Guardian

The 1998 Human Rights Act, an outstanding legal achievement, is being taken apart simply to empower the government, says former shadow attorney general, Shami Chakrabarti

Top 10 books about imaginary friends

From Lewis Carroll to Vladimir Nabokov and Shirley Jackson, the best of these stories combine fantasy with very real psychology In fiction, the imaginary friend lives where fantasy, mental illness and the supernatural meet, and it is often intriguingly hard to tell just where it belongs. Childrens imaginary friends are often endearing, as seeen in

Canola field selfies: Australian farmers warn tourists against dangerous social media trend |

In spring, Instagram is awash with people posing in yellow fields, but farmers say the fad is a risk to biosecurity and peoples safety A social media trend where eager tourists drive out to flowering canola fields, jump fences and seek out the perfect selfie is becoming dangerous and a growing biosecurity risk for farmers.

Dan Stevens: The bodice ripper never quite goes away, I dont think it ever will | Film

Ever since his days on Downton Abbey, the actor has segued seamlessly between British period drama and high-rolling US sci-fi. He talks about playing a robot and why he has moved on from romance When I speak to Dan Stevens, hes in Los Angeles, shooting Gaslit, a forthcoming TV show that sounds like the