The ObserverHistory booksReviewNeal Ascherson weaves together history, archaeology, myth and memoir as he investigates Scotland's national identity in Stone VoicesStone Voices: The Search for Scotland
by Neal Ascherson
Granta £16.99, pp240
Politicians, marketers and the military may be pushing the Union Jack, but in 2002, the Cross of St George has been the flag of choice. At the World Cup, the jubilee and even Glastonbury, there has been an outburst of English nationalism. Read More...
FilmReviewJean-Paul Belmondo’s grandson Victor is uncanny in a supporting role to Guillaume de Tonquédec’s uptight novelist, whose return to his provincial home town stirs up memories of his first love
There are a couple of scenes in this French drama where you might almost think that the film-makers have deepfaked the young Jean-Paul Belmondo back on to the screen, and that AI replicas in film – one of the flashpoints of the Hollywood actors’ strike – has already come to pass. Read More...
US crimeNew York sergeant, wife and two sons found dead in murder-suicide, police sayMan fatally shot his wife and their sons before dying by suicide in a suburban New York home, according to police
A police sergeant, his wife and their two sons – ages 10 and 12 – were found dead in a suburban home in New York in what police said was a triple murder-suicide.
Watson Morgan, 49, a sergeant with the Bronxville police department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before dying by suicide, police said. Read More...