Laughing stock: the week in comedyComedy This article is more than 10 years oldTim Allen demands to use the n-wordThis article is more than 10 years oldThe US actor sparks a fresh debate about racial jokes – and isn’t the only one. Meanwhile, could Ricky Gervais swing a record deal for David Brent? And Spotify launches a comedy app This week's comedy newsComedian and actor Tim Allen is in a spot of bother this week.
The ObserverSpain This article is more than 8 months old‘We need to get out!’ How Gypsy families were driven out of Spanish town by mobThis article is more than 8 months oldMany of the 40 people forced to flee after a local stabbing are still traumatised by Andalucían town’s ‘blackest day’ Almost 10 months on, Ricardo García Carmona still shudders at the way he spoke to his mother when she appeared on his doorstep with an urgent warning a little after 9am on Sunday 17 July last year.
Photograph: Robert Pratta/Reuters Photograph: Robert Pratta/ReutersKeep it in the ground: a poem a dayWildlifeA climate change poem for today: The Rhinoceros by Robert MinhinnickUK poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy curates a series of 20 original poems by various authors on the theme of climate change On the Steel Beach 1. Look at these. Thaw sweat. Smoke on the swale. Swarf off a swollen sea. 2. No. These. World famous
Action and adventure films This article is more than 11 years oldJustice League movie back on as Warner Bros hires writer Will BeallThis article is more than 11 years oldSuccess of The Avengers prompts resurrection of shelved film featuring Superman, Batman and a host of other DC heroesWarner Bros is set to revive plans for a movie about the Justice League, the DC Comics superhero team, in the wake of the success of The Avengers, reports Variety.
The Whitechapel takeoverArtLife models face draughty studios, unflattering personal comments and lingering social disapproval. Artist Fiona Banner thought they deserved a chance to speak for themselves - so she sent Laura Barnett to meet someIn an upstairs room overlooking a park, 51-year-old Judith Castle is preparing to take off her clothes. "I should really have taken these off earlier," she says, bending down to unzip her boots. "They hate sock marks.