Unreal … Infinite Ground plays out in a mysterious, unnamed South American country. Photograph: Stock Connection Blue/AlamyUnreal … Infinite Ground plays out in a mysterious, unnamed South American country. Photograph: Stock Connection Blue/AlamyBook of the dayFictionReviewAn inspector searches for a young man who may or may not be there in this serpentine inquiry into the nature of realityTowards the end of this impressive and finely textured debut, there is a chapter entitled “What Happened to Carlos – Suspicions, Rumours, Links”.

Jennifer Beals … ‘Let me put my hand on the hilt, I will show you the sword is mine.’ Photograph: Jill GreenbergJennifer Beals … ‘Let me put my hand on the hilt, I will show you the sword is mine.’ Photograph: Jill GreenbergThe G2 interviewTelevision & radioInterview‘I’ve had letters from klansmen’: Jennifer Beals on Flashdance, The L Word and fighting to get diverse stories toldZoe WilliamsThe actor, who broke through in 1983 playing a welder who dreamed of being a dancer, reflects on a life of activism, why gen Z give her hope and joining the Star Wars universe

TheatreObituaryTony ChurchA founder RSC member, he played a key role in state- subsidised theatreThe British theatre was transformed in the 1950s and 60s, not so much by its writers as by its actors, and Tony Church - who has died after a long illness, aged 77 - played a crucial part in that process. As a founder associate member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960, he went on to become one of its stalwart members and chief advocates.

OhioMontgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention Days after Steven Blackshear was booked into Montgomery county jail in downtown Dayton, Ohio, in January, a nurse found him shaking, in a fetal position and vomiting. He complained of chest and leg pains and was taken for medical testing. Two days later, he was found dead in his cell, covered only in towels.

The ObserverUK newsBig heads really are smarterScientists find that size does matterBeing a fathead has its compensations. Scientists have discovered that people with large skulls are more likely to fare well in the twilight of their years - at least when it comes to remembering what they are doing. This striking conclusion is the handiwork of scientists who have uncovered a close correlation between the size of a pensioner's cranium and the results of intelligence and memory tests.