Lost in showbizCelebrityThe Scottish singer and other celebrities aren’t rising to the challenge for charity – they’re preparing the way for the Antichrist Beyoncé – a poet for our times? We’ve heard a lot of differing opinions about the worth or otherwise of celebrities taking part in the ice bucket challenge. But there’s one, unreported strand of opinion that particularly piqued Lost in Showbiz’s interest this week: the belief that celebrities doing the ice bucket challenge are, in fact, performing a satanic purification ritual before the implementation of a Luciferian agenda system.

PhilosophyLettersThe battle for free will in the face of determinismOliver Burkeman’s long read pitches philosophical readers against the more scientifically minded ones I read the online version of Oliver Burkeman’s long read that raises the question of whether free will is an illusion, and shortly afterwards read the same article again in print (The clockwork universe, Journal, 27 April). I was surprised when I realised that the brief reference to quantum physics online was missing in the printed version.

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The Midlands and Cornwall boast good-quality carveries that are a long way from the stale, pre-cooked stereotype of yore. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoThe Midlands and Cornwall boast good-quality carveries that are a long way from the stale, pre-cooked stereotype of yore. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoWord of Mouth blogLife and styleCarveries are often the butt of British culinary jokes, but their 1970s format is being updated by a funky young newcomer