The ObserverPoetryReviewFathers, mothers and grownup children reflect on leaving home and the ‘dance between closeness and distance’ in an outstanding anthology This is not, as is the usual rule of this column, a collection but an outstanding anthology in which fathers, mothers and grownup children speak of themselves and, sometimes, to one another. A new form of homesickness is identified in which it is home itself that sickens. In the poem from which the anthology gets its title, Carol Ann Duffy suggests that her house “pines” when her daughter is away.

BooksObituaryGeoffrey Moorhouse obituaryGuardian journalist turned author who wrote a bestselling account of his travels in the Sahara desertGeoffrey Moorhouse, who has died aged 77, was a Guardian journalist of deep integrity who moved out of daily newspapers to write books on a variety of themes, most often invoking the human spirit. One book in particular, The Fearful Void (1974), is remembered some 35 years later in revealing in its author, as one critic put it, a sublime madness.

Minnie Driver This article is more than 6 years oldMinnie Driver: men like Matt Damon 'cannot understand what abuse is like'This article is more than 6 years oldActor calls former co-star’s remarks about ‘spectrum of behaviour’ in sexual misconduct ‘Orwellian’ and questions defence of disgraced comedian Louis CK Democrat Jones: Trump shouldn’t resign over sexual misconduct claims The actor Minnie Driver has told the Guardian that men “simply cannot understand what abuse is like on a daily level” and should not therefore attempt to differentiate or explain sexual misconduct against women.

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The amazing world of animals China Panda falls from tree before being ambushed in Chinese reserve – video A panda falls from a tree before having its sticks stolen by other pandas at Wolong Giant Panda Nature reserve in Sichuan on Tuesday. The footage, posted on China Central Television’s Facebook page, shows the panda falling after a branch snaps, narrowly missing the other pandas. Looking dazed after its fall, the panda then tries to fight off a playful ambush from the others