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Bollywood film accused of trivialising Holocaust with Auschwitz scenes | Bollywood

Bollywood This article is more than 5 months oldBollywood film accused of trivialising Holocaust with Auschwitz scenesThis article is more than 5 months oldCalls for Prime Video to remove Bawaal after using death camp as relationship metaphor A Bollywood film has been accused of trivialising and demeaning the deaths of millions of Jews killed during the Holocaust by using Auschwitz as a metaphor for relationship problems, with the main character declaring that “we’re all a little like Hitler” during a fantasy scene set in the concentration camp.

Damaris Hayman obituary | TV comedy

TV comedyObituaryDamaris Hayman obituaryActor who often played boisterous games mistresses, discreet secretaries and jolly passers-byThe actor Damaris Hayman, who has died aged 91, was perhaps the last conduit to a bygone age of British comedy, her toothy bonhomie and breezy eccentricity making her a reliable supporting player to many of the big and small screen comedy stars from the 1950s to the 80s. With a slight sibilance, a jaunty air and tally-ho demeanour, she was, comedically, almost the missing link between Joyce Grenfell and Miranda Hart – the embodiment of the kind of genteel humour required for boisterous games mistresses, discreet secretaries, jolly passers-by and, latterly, dotty old ladies.

I lost everything to online gambling. A national self-exclusion register might save others | Anonymo

‘Within months, my entire superannuation and insurance TPD payment – $436,000 – was all gambled away.’ Photograph: David Burton/Alamy‘Within months, my entire superannuation and insurance TPD payment – $436,000 – was all gambled away.’ Photograph: David Burton/AlamyOpinionGambling This article is more than 6 months oldI lost everything to online gambling. A national self-exclusion register might save othersThis article is more than 6 months oldAnonymousIt’s time to give vulnerable punters a chance – and a true ‘exit plan’ from further gambling harm

Jack Scott | | The Guardian

ObituaryJack ScottRadical race and sports campaigner tainted by Patty Hearst linkThe death of the American radical, Jack Scott, at the age of 57, came as defence counsel were seeking his testimony in a trial that revives the notorious Patty Hearst case. To his irritation, the episode overshadowed Scott's life, and his true legacy lay in his accomplishments in the fields of race relations and sports health. He fought all his life against racism and drugs in sport, but it cost him dearly.

John Hooper | The Guardian

In Rome, a lunch break is enshrined in law. In Rio, food vouchers come with the job. So what can we learn from the way the rest of the world lunches? Writers from Nairobi to New York find out what’s on the menu Published: 6 Jul 2015 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRooaignp28sLzEqw%3D%3D