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Dame Angela Lansbury obituary | Television & radio

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote. Photograph: Universal Tv/AllstarAngela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote. Photograph: Universal Tv/AllstarTelevision & radioObituaryDame Angela Lansbury obituaryVersatile actor with a long career on stage and screen, best known as the TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She WroteAlthough she was born in London, and retained a classic English poise all her life, Angela Lansbury, who has died aged 96, was a Hollywood and Broadway star for more than seven decades, and one who was completely unclassifiable.

Exposed: Young British nudists

PhotographyPhotographer Laura Pannack stripped off to gain access to the secret world of young British nudistsThey sit in old-fashioned halls or play pétanque in the surreal other world of naturist clubs. Britain's young naturists may be an endangered breed, but Laura Pannack, who won their trust by agreeing to take her clothes off before she photographed them, discovered an astonishing diversity of subjects. Her quest to portray the secret lives of naturists under 30 has taken 18 months.

Fighting a huge monster: mine battle in Guatemala became a playbook for polluters | Environmen

A shepherd in the area around the mine in San Miguel Ixtahuacán, Guatemala. Photograph: Daniele Volpe/The GuardianIndigenous defenders opposing the Marlin mine were criminalised by a corporation and its state allies by Nina Lakhani in San Miguel IxtahuacánIt has been 15 years since the anti-mining activist Patrocinia Mejía was forced to hide in the forest to avoid being detained by police, but the shame has never gone away. Mejía was among scores of Indigenous environmental and land defenders criminalised for opposing a sprawling Canadian gold and silver mine in San Miguel Ixtahuacán, a rural Indigenous municipality in the western highlands of Guatemala, which divided the community and crippled the social movement.

Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie - review

FictionReviewAlex Clark is charmed by Salman Rushdie's return to the world of Haroun and the Sea of StoriesThe stories that adults invent for children – whether they're designed as entertainment, diversion, education, balm or a mixture – come with a built-in dramatic irony. Not only does the teller have control of a particular narrative, how it proceeds and, perhaps most significantly, how and when it ends, but they will usually have a more developed understanding of what a story is in the first place, and know the approximate coordinates of the border between reality and fiction.

Major global hotel brands accused of profiting from sex trafficking | Global development

Exploitation in focusGlobal development This article is more than 4 years oldMajor global hotel brands accused of profiting from sex traffickingThis article is more than 4 years oldHilton and Intercontinental among 12 hotel chains named in litigation claiming signs of sexual exploitation were ignored Hotel brands owned by Hilton, Intercontinental and Best Western are among a number of leading global chains accused of profiting from sex trafficking. In a landmark case that lawyers claim demonstrates “industry-wide failures” to prevent sex trafficking, it has been alleged that women and children were held captive, abused and sold for sex in their guest rooms across the US.