FilmObituaryDana Wynter obituaryActor often cast as an 'English rose', she starred in Invasion of the Body SnatchersIt could be argued that the strikingly beautiful, dark-haired Dana Wynter, who has died aged 79, did not have the film career she deserved. One of the reasons may have been that she was under a seven-year contract to 20th Century Fox, a studio that gave her few chances to display her histrionic talents. As proof, Wynter's best film, Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), was produced by Allied Artists, one of the "

The ObserverCultureGay sex disgusts me. Am I prejudiced?I feel I have offended my gay friend and I want to know if my opinions are prejudice or normal. Despite liking someone regardless of their sexuality, I find the thought of sex between two men quite abhorrent (I am a heterosexual woman). I do not, however, find the idea of two women together abhorrent (although I wouldn't want to do it myself). I tried to explain that I felt it was a preference, not a prejudice, but he disagrees, believing that I think gay men are disgusting.

The ObserverTelevisionInside the Moulin Rouge: BBC series follows British stars of French cabaretA fly-on-the-wall documentary will accompany performers from auditions to the nightclub famous for the can-can dance Once a hangout for the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and still home to saucy can-can dancers, the Moulin Rouge has long stood for everything French and naughty. But behind all the flouncy skirts, the nightclub has a secret, which is about to be uncovered in a major BBC Two documentary series, announced on Sunday.

BooksObituaryIona Opie obituaryFolklorist who collected, codified and published children’s rhymes, riddles and street cultureWhen asked how she became a custodian of the lore and traditions of childhood, Iona Opie, who has died aged 94, told a bedtime story. The publishing company that employed her husband, Peter, was exiled by the London blitz to Bedfordshire in 1943, and there the couple walked by a field of corn. Iona, who was pregnant, picked up a bug and recited “Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home / Your house is on fire and your children all gone.

PublishingObituaryLord Weidenfeld obituaryBrilliant and gregarious publisher who arrived in Britain as a refugee from nazism and co-founded his own firm with Nigel Nicolson in the late 1940sGeorge Weidenfeld, Lord Weidenfeld, who has died aged 96, belonged to that remarkable group of Jewish refugees who transformed postwar British publishing into an exciting, dynamic industry. He was pre-eminent among his fellow publishers, both in the range of his interests and activism, and in his capacity for international networking, building bridges across Europe and beyond.