North Korea This article is more than 14 years oldKorean cool: water from a war zoneThis article is more than 14 years oldFor years, the Demilitarised Zone between the two Koreas has been barren. Now, it's a source of spring waterBottled water from icebergs, harvested from Tasmanian rainclouds before it hits the ground, or blessed by the spiritually enlightened, is just so noughties: in the next decade, the only water to be seen with will come from water harvested from a strip of land 245km long and just 4km wide, whose purity is probably the most jealously guarded on earth.
Mullets we have loved: from George Clooney to Rihanna – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email As a small Australian town prepares to stage its inaugural Mullet Fest, we look back at some of the most celebrated versions of the classic hairstyle. Was Ziggy Stardust’s cut the coolest of them all? And do you know what Andre Agassi kept hidden under his hairband?
BusinessNY analyst sues over Borat filmBorat's efforts to glean cultural learnings from the US have upset a New York financial analyst, who is suing 20th Century Fox over a scene in which he was chased down the street by the spoof Kazakh journalist.
Jeffrey Lemerond, a former healthcare analyst at the Carlyle Group , who now works for SAB, a hedge fund in New York, has filed a lawsuit claiming he suffered "
Skiing holidays This article is more than 13 years oldSnowboarding 'less deadly' than skiing, study findsThis article is more than 13 years oldProfessor concludes that snowboarders, though more likely to get injured, are a third less likely to die on the slopes than skiersEnmity on the slopes between skiers and snowboarders is long running, and has now been exacerbated by a study to find which sport is more dangerous.
Research for the National Ski Areas Association in the US claims to have settled the question: snowboarding has less risk of ending in serious injury.
Book of the weekBooksReviewVeronica Horwell is overwhelmed by the extraordinary story of a unique inheritanceThe porcelain of the potter Edmund de Waal doesn't usually stand solitary in a glass case or alone on a table. His pieces are often grouped as families on shelves or in niches, as in the new ceramics galleries at the V&A, where they talk among themselves and hold converse with the space they're living in: its past, its associations, the qualities of its light.
Music This article is more than 10 years oldThousands gather to mourn death of Tabu Ley RochereauThis article is more than 10 years oldRumba pioneer remembered at state funeral in the Democratic Republic of CongoTabu Ley Rochereau, who died 30 November, was commemorated this week at a state funeral in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Thousands gathered at the parliament in the capital, Kinshasa, to pay tribute to the late rumba star, who passed away, aged 76, at Saint-Luc hospital in Brussels, according to his son-in-law Jean Claude Muissa.
Transfer windowWomen’s transfer window January 2024 – all deals from Europe’s top five leaguesLatest deals and club-by-club guides for the WSL and leagues in Italy, France, Germany and Spain
Subscribe to our free women’s football newsletter Men’s transfer interactive – all the latest moves Last updated: NaN/NaN/NaN 12.NaN GMTDeals completed69Total value£0Arsenal's transfer balance is£0All transfersTransfers by clubShowSort on23 January 2024Sara ThrigeDENDefenderMilan to PSV EindhovenDenmark international has signed a deal until 2025
Louis Theroux: ‘The ravages of the ageing process have left their mark.’ Photograph: BBCLouis Theroux: ‘The ravages of the ageing process have left their mark.’ Photograph: BBCLouis TherouxAs he revisits his career in a new four-part series, TV’s top documentarian looks back at his evolution from accosting cult members to making films on eating disorders and dementia
It is a strange feeling looking back at a much earlier version of yourself on television, a queasy mixture of recognition and distance, approval and shame, and above all an inescapable question: who is this plonker?
Edward BondInterviewEdward Bond's Saved: 'We didn't set out to shock'Maddy CostaWith its swearing and its baby-stoning, Saved shocked Britain in 1965. Will the play do so again? Maddy Costa talks to the original cast – and asks Edward Bond why he finally allowed a revivalIn the autumn of 1965 Ronald Pickup was at the Royal Court in London, rehearsing a new play called Saved, alongside Tony Selby and a teenager called Dennis Waterman.
1000 films to see before you dieFilmFilms beginning with WThe Wages of Fear
(Henri Georges Clouzot, 1953)
Four down-and-outs must drive a convoy of nitro-glycerine through the South American jungle. The slightest bump on the treacherous roads could mean death, but Clouzot's gripping thriller favours psychological portraits over action, exploring the desperate rivalry, greed and ironic fates of his tough-guy characters.
Wall Street
(Oliver Stone, 1987)
The dependably oily Michael Douglas offers up a time-capsule 80s role as corporate raider Gordon "