Schools in Denmark prioritise teamwork and empathy rather than individual achievement. Photograph: AlamySchools in Denmark prioritise teamwork and empathy rather than individual achievement. Photograph: AlamyBook of the daySociety booksReviewDenmark approaches childhood, and society as a whole, very differently to Britain or the US, argue Jessica Joelle Alexander and Iben Dissing SandahlHaving muddled through six years of parenthood without consulting any books on the subject, I was pretty excited about this, my first one.

Classical musicObituaryYuri Temirkanov obituaryRussian conductor admired for his electrifying interpretations of his nation’s repertoire, especially Prokofiev and TchaikovskyAs head of two of Russia’s leading musical institutions, the Kirov (later, Mariinsky) Opera and Ballet Theatre (1976-88) and the Leningrad (later, St Petersburg) Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he was principal conductor for more than three decades from 1988, Yuri Temirkanov, who has died aged 84, was at the forefront of music in the Soviet Union for nearly half a century.

IndiaObituaryAruna Asaf Ali obituaryHeroine of India’s freedom struggle Aruna Asaf Ali, who has died aged 86, was a legendary heroine of India's freedom struggle. She was first a member of the Socialist Party and then of the Communist Party of India, with a seat on its central committee. Although she drifted apart from the Communists, she remained a committed leftist. Even in later years of declining health, she remained a respected figure on the Indian political firmament, which explains the outpouring of grief over her death.

Bob GuccioneObituaryBob Guccione obituaryFounder of Penthouse, he made and lost a fortune in the porn industryThe American pornography publisher Bob Guccione, who has died of cancer aged 79, made and lost a fortune with the explicit nudes in his magazine, Penthouse. Guccione launched the glossy, lushly designed Penthouse in the UK in 1965 while working in London as a part-time cartoonist and columnist. The first issue sold out in a few days and the magazine's success led him to return to America in 1969 to launch the first US issue, challenging Hugh Hefner's Playboy.

Peaky BlindersInterviewCillian Murphy: ‘I think James Bond should be a woman, which rules me out’Lanre BakareWith Peaky Blinders series five on TV soon, its star Cillian Murphy talks about gangster violence, PTSD, #MeToo, what Brexit means for Ireland – and 007 In the summer of 1996, Cillian Murphy was at a crossroads. He had failed his law exams at University College Cork. He had turned down a three-album record contract with his Frank Zappa-influenced “funk-jam band”, the Sons of Mr Green Genes.