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Perfect your panels and pacing with these comic art tips from an expert

Marvel and Disney artist Derek Laufman explores which moments to illustrate and how to create visual interest in panels.

Creative Bloq · May 26, 2025

No meat, no beer and hopefully no poison: the curious tale of Hitler’s food tasters

Based on Margot Wölk’s extraordinary account, Silvio Soldini’s film The Tasters sees a group of women seemingly risk their lives with each bite. But does the story add up?

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2025

Gillian Anderson was ‘profoundly affected’ by memoir that inspired The Salt Path

The film follows a couple who complete the 1,000km South West Coast Path after losing their home.

Evening Standard · May 25, 2025

Queen icon Freddie Mercury had a secret daughter, according to a new biography

Book claims Freddie Mercury had a close relationship with his secret "daughter" until his death in 1991

Louder · May 25, 2025

“Thought He Was Gay”: Freddie Mercury’s ‘Secret Child’ Speaks Out 30 Years After His Passing

"No one could have faked all this."

Bored Panda · May 24, 2025

Challenge use of ‘nefarious’ news sources, says environmentalist

Mike Berners-Lee tells Hay festival audience to make spread of political deceit more socially embarrassing

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2025

Memory, movement, and marginality: Memoir of a tribal modernist

For a life that could possibly be best described as eventful, a slim memoir can often run out of breath in reliving its sweep. This sense of life outpacing memory isn't surprising for the Oxford-educated tribal leader from the Chotanagpur plateau in Jharkhand (then in undivided Bihar), who went on…

Newslaundry · May 24, 2025

Jennifer Dulos dreamed of the perfect life – and then everything fell apart: A new look into her life before she vanished

When Jennifer Dulos vanished on May 24, 2019, in the middle of a contentious custody battle, the story focused on her estranged husband Fotis Dulos and his socialite girlfriend Michelle Troconis. Journalist Rich Cohen tells Andrea Cavallier that his new book Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story delves…

The Independent UK · May 24, 2025

Freddie Mercury had secret child, new biography claims

Late rock star apparently gave his daughter 17 volumes of detailed personal journals

The Independent UK · May 24, 2025

Freddie Mercury 'had secret daughter from illicit affair', extraordinary new biography claims

The Queen frontman’s secret love child speaks out 48 years after her birth: 'He adored me and was devoted’

Evening Standard · May 23, 2025