Australian lifestyle This article is more than 10 months oldA pornbot stole my identity on Instagram. It took an agonising month to get it deletedThis article is more than 10 months oldNurie SalimMindful of her parents’ beliefs, Nurie Salim was always careful about what she posted. Then scammers stole her name and face to advertise nude photographs Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Like many people in Sydney, I spent August 2021 in Delta lockdown, stuck at home, endlessly scrolling on my phone and clinging to the internet as a lifeline.

Cynthia Nixon: ‘Which living person do I most admire? Michelle Obama.’ Photograph: FilmMagicCynthia Nixon: ‘Which living person do I most admire? Michelle Obama.’ Photograph: FilmMagicThe Q&ALife and styleInterviewCynthia Nixon: ‘I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been’Rosanna GreenstreetThe actor on her greatest fear, the best kiss of her life and the day a photographer told her not to get her teeth fixed Born in New York, Cynthia Nixon, 50, began to act aged 11.

Horror booksChristmas Eve was traditionally the time to tell scary stories round the hearth. And 19th-century writers were fearsomely adept at exploiting a world of creaking floorboards, creepy servants … and gas lamps that caused hallucinationsCurl up by the fire and I'll tell you a ghost story. Don't be alarmed by the creak of the floorboards, the murmurs in the basement, the shrill ululations of a distant dog. Try not to be perturbed by the flickering candle, the fleeting shadows, the horned, hairy hand that appears at your elbow.

The ObserverFranceJ'accuseMyriam Badaoui, the woman who accused 17 neighbours of paedophilia in 2001, has just admitted lying. Alex Duval Smith reports on a case that has ruined lives and blighted the judicial systemThe tour de Renard housing estate stands like a pristine Lego block. The balconies on its three white towers have been painted red and blue. The stairway walls are powder yellow. Its two basketball courts have been given fresh lines and nets.

The ObserverLambchopReview(City Slang) All of life – and death – is here in the band’s numinous 16th album Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner is indelibly associated with Nashville, Tennessee. But it has been years since the band – in which he is the sole constant member – have been an Americana outfit. Over a series of extraordinary albums, Wagner has turned to soul, pianos, digital sounds and Auto-Tune. For Lambchop’s 16th album, he decamped to distant Minneapolis to work with local multi-instrumentalist Andrew Broder and producer Ryan Olson (who also works with another voice modulator, Bon Iver).