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PLAYBACK: The 1972 concert film ‘Live at Pompeii’ has been restored and remixed for cinemas and IMAX. Stevie Chick explores how it captured the band at their majestic peak of invention

THE LIST: Martin Chilton shares his May reading highlights

Watch Pink Floyd’s performance of One Of These Days from their restored Pompeii concert film which arrives in cinemas on April 24

ANALYSIS: New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes Emily Hauser

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don’t often think to look beyond the city walls. And it’s easy to understand why: there’s plenty on offer within this monumentally well-preserved town,…

The detailed relics were found in a necropolis and experts believe the woman depicted could have been an important priestess

Robert Cadger disappeared in Pompeii after travelling to Naples with his friends

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights into the fossilisation process.

Robert Cadger was in Naples to watch a football game but the search to find him has been hampered by a strong earthquake