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The truth about Andrew Tate: His home is less Hollywood hideaway, more rundown meat factory

Illustration: Tim McDonagh/The Guardian Illustration: Tim McDonagh/The GuardianAndrew TateThe former kickboxer has achieved global notoriety by peddling violent misogyny to millions, and claims to have made ‘trillions’ – but is his life of fast cars and luxury a facade? Andrew Tate used to cruise along these scruffy suburban streets about 10 miles from the centre of Bucharest in Romania. Past a litter dump and a sprawling cemetery and a line of semis that wouldn’t have looked out of place on the TV soap Brookside.

What Stravinsky and Picasso do have in common | Classical music

Tom Service on classical musicClassical musicWhat Stravinsky and Picasso do have in commonPicasso and Stravinsky each had only one great contemporary rival – who had to die before they could become an inspirationI've never much bought the parallels that are sometimes made between Picasso and Stravinsky. For all their chameleon-like stylistic change and range, the fact that they became the most famous and most influential creators in their respective fields, their vaunting egos, voracious sexuality, and the eerie synchronicity of their life spans – Picasso, 1881-1973, frames Stravinsky, who was born in 1882 and died in 1971 (actually, come to think of it, that's quite a lot of connections, isn't it?

Banged Up review all other prison documentaries look like pale imitations

TV reviewTelevision & radioReviewEven the grittiest TV depictions of life behind bars seem lightweight compared with this menacing series, which makes celebrities share cells with ex-inmates – including a contract killer Well, my goodness, here’s a thing: a reality show that feels real. I can’t remember the last time something felt real (including reality), but Banged Up strikes out against the tide. I suspect the makers would prefer their series in which celebrities do a week in the decommissioned HMP Shrewsbury with former inmates – instructed to behave exactly as they would have done while serving their sentences – to be referred to as a social experiment.

Body of man killed in custody may have been shown to trainees, Yorkshire police admit | Police

Police This article is more than 9 months oldBody of man killed in custody may have been shown to trainees, Yorkshire police admitThis article is more than 9 months oldBody of Christopher Alder could have been seen by cadets after mixup of remains, says South Yorkshire force South Yorkshire police have admitted that officers may have been shown the body of Christopher Alder, a former paratrooper who died in police custody, in a mortuary as part of their routine training years after he was supposed to have been buried.

Brave director criticises Disney's 'sexualised' Princess Merida redesign | Film

Film This article is more than 10 years oldBrave director criticises Disney's 'sexualised' Princess Merida redesignThis article is more than 10 years oldThe character's creator says Disney's new version of her hero 'send[s] a message that the original, realistic girl is inferior'Disney has been fiercely criticised for creating a "glammed-up" version of Princess Merida from the Pixar fantasy fairytale Brave for a new toy line. Bow-slinging Merida has been given a makeover in advance of her official induction into The Disney Princess Collection.