Fox News This article is more than 8 months oldRoger Ailes’s widow says Murdochs have ‘wreaked havoc’ on Fox NewsThis article is more than 8 months oldWife of former CEO forced out over sexual harassment allegations says Rupert Murdoch lacks her husband’s ‘genius’ Rupert Murdoch’s family has “wreaked havoc” on Fox News, said the widow of Roger Ailes, the network’s former chief executive, adding that the 92-year-old media baron would “never come close” to her late husband’s “genius”.

Best reads of 2023Sam NeillInterviewSam Neill on his new memoir and living with blood cancer: ‘I’m not afraid to die, but it would annoy me’Lucy ClarkThe New Zealand actor’s new memoir reveals that he has been ‘crook’ with blood cancer and will need chemo for the rest of his life. But relaxing on his farm, he is philosophical. ‘Dying? I couldn’t care less,’ he says If you came to Sam Neill’s memoir without knowing the first thing about it, chapter one would hold a terrible shock.

The 100 best novelsTruman CapoteTruman Capote’s non-fiction novel, a true story of bloody murder in rural Kansas, opens a window on the dark underbelly of postwar America Some of the greatest books on this list are built on narratives that could have been torn from the pages of a newspaper (The Great Gatsby is a good example). In Cold Blood, subtitled “A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences”, grandly described by Capote as “a non-fiction novel”, actually began as a New York Times murder story that became transformed into a tale of spine-tingling suspense and extraordinary intuition.

FrancePour la France, released to critical acclaim, is directed by the brother of Jallal Hami, who died during ritual in 2012 A new film has thrown a spotlight on France’s elite military school, Saint-Cyr, more than a decade after a “testosterone fuelled” hazing ritual ended with the death of a brilliant army officer recruit. Pour la France recounts the tragedy of Jallal Hami, 24, who drowned after officers ordered him and other new recruits to swim an icy lake in heavy gear during a midnight “exercise”.

Ancient erotica: art through the ages Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email A tiny sculpture of a woman with pronounced breasts and genitals is the latest archaeological find to come from the Hohle Fels caves in Germany. Take a look at this and other examples of erotic art from ancient times, from homoerotic drinking cups to the graphic frescoes that survived Pompeii Thu 14 May 2009 13.