Kate MosseReviewThis lyrical fable of skinning, disembowelling and stuffing is a pleasurable jeu d'espritVisiting Salisbury Museum, I found myself eyeballing the last great bustard in Victorian England, shot down by a bird-scarer with a marble in 1871. The bustard's succulent innards had been consumed at a grand dinner hosted by the museum director, then it was stuffed and put in a glass case, where it's been ever since. Reading Kate Mosse's darkly lucid fable of skinning and disembowelling and stuffing, the bustard's arrested flight returned to haunt me.

Bosnia and Herzegovina This article is more than 11 years oldAngelina Jolie receives threats over In the Land of Blood and HoneyThis article is more than 11 years oldJolie and several Serb members of the cast have received online threats after the film premiered before 5,000 people in SarajevoListen to the audio - Angelina Jolie speaks to Julian Borger about In the Land of Blood and Honey Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, was intended to remind the world of the horrors of the Bosnian war which began 20 years ago, and trigger a debate among Bosnians over what happened and why.

China This article is more than 13 years oldChinese swingers face up to five years in jailThis article is more than 13 years oldUniversity professor accused of running wife-swapping chatroom with more than 190 membersTwenty-two swingers went on trial in China today, charged with "group licentiousness" in a case that has highlighted the transformation in the country's sexual attitudes. The defendants – who include a university professor, company bosses and shop assistants – face up to five years' imprisonment if convicted.

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Jim Parker’s musical career began with the Barrow Poets, a performance collective he had joined in 1963. Photograph: Mark BourdillonJim Parker’s musical career began with the Barrow Poets, a performance collective he had joined in 1963. Photograph: Mark BourdillonMusicObituaryJim Parker obituaryProlific Bafta-winning composer of music for Midsomer Murders, the BBC’s House of Cards and Victoria Wood’s TV dramas“I committed a lapse of taste last month and I will not be surprised if I am dismissed from my honourable office,” wrote Sir John Betjeman in 1974.