Harvey Weinstein This article is more than 6 years oldHarvey Weinstein: English actor says alleged sexual assault ruined film careerThis article is more than 6 years oldExclusive: Sophie Dix says encounter at the Savoy hotel when she was 22 was ‘the single most damaging thing that’s happened in my life’ An English actor who was on the brink of a career in the British film industry in the 1990s has told how her trajectory was “massively cut down” after an alleged sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein in a London hotel.

‘For me it’s about removing yourself from everything,’ says West Australian surfer Kerby Brown. Photograph: Andrew SemarkDespite the acute danger posed by the monstrous waves he seeks out, Kerby Brown values the ocean’s therapeutic nature by Kieran PenderBefore his fatal attempt to summit Mount Everest almost a century ago, British mountaineer George Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb the world’s tallest peak. “Because it’s there,” he famously replied.

Mie prefecture in Japan has launched a guide to the tricky world of onomatopoeia for foreigners Photograph: TommL/Getty ImagesMie prefecture in Japan has launched a guide to the tricky world of onomatopoeia for foreigners Photograph: TommL/Getty ImagesJapanAs foreign population reaches record levels, the western prefecture of Mie has compiled a guide for those who need it It is a linguistic trap few learners of Japanese have avoided: declaring yourself pera pera (fluent in a language) when you’re really peko peko (hungry); or breaking into applause (pachi pachi) when the dentist asks you to kachi kachi (bite repeatedly).

Los AngelesPolice fatally shoot Black woman who called 911 for domestic violenceLos Angeles sheriff’s deputy who killed Niani Finlayson, 27, previously had killed another civilian under similar circumstances A Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 27-year-old woman who had called 911 to report that she was under attack by a former boyfriend, police officials and lawyers for the victim’s family said on Thursday. Records show the deputy had killed another person in similar circumstances three years ago.

Shore thing: the unique landscape of Lake Erie – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email These beautiful black and white images of the shallowest Great Lake remind us of what we have done to the environment – and each other Main image: ‘Unique and imperilled’ … Lake Erie by Lynn Whitney Tue 16 May 2023 02.

The ObserverBig BrotherThe baby of the Baldwin acting clan was a 'badly behaved dumb jock' until he found the Lord. Now, days after his eviction from Celebrity Big Brother, he tells Miranda Sawyer about his 18 tattoos and how he saw the devil in two of his housematesStephen Baldwin, 43, has 18 tattoos. "They represent various moments in my life," he says. "Whether it be showing my love for my woman in a very macho way – there are three of those – to the ones which express my commitment to sobriety.

Spotlight on commoditiesGuardian sustainable businessDrinkers are unwittingly knocking back fake alcohol brewed in bathtubs, which could lead to potentially serious health issues “A friend and I bought a bottle of Cutty Sark whisky here once,” says Beijing-based marketing consultant Blake Stone-Banks, sitting on the terrace of a rough and rammed bar in Sanlitun, one of the Chinese capital’s busiest commercial areas. One estimate suggests around 30% of all alcohol in China is fake“It tasted funny so we limited ourselves to one glass each,” he says.

OpinionBeyoncé This article is more than 12 years oldBeyoncé should know better than to adopt blackfaceThis article is more than 12 years oldAfua HirschThe trend for fashion icons to be of indeterminate ethnic origin does not excuse Beyoncé's 'African Queen' photoshootBeyoncé, one of the most high-profile black women in the world, was recently asked to take part in a photo shoot celebrating the "African Queen", for the French publication L'Officiel. You'd imagine she would have been wary.

She toured America photographing women like herself, at time when being out could cost you your job, home and family. As Eye to Eye, a book of her groundbreaking work is republished, Joan E Biren, known as JEB, recalls why the images were so vitally important ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRomqGZoqG8tcDEZqGapqOauw%3D%3D

SelmaInterviewHow Ava DuVernay struck a chord with SelmaAlex SuskindThe first black woman to be nominated for a best director Golden Globe has been a pioneer all her life – and her new film, about Martin Luther King Jr, is uncannily in tune with an America once again riven by race Freedom Journey 1965: Selma to Montgomery March in pictures If certain films are of the moment, Selma seems like divine intervention: the civil-rights drama is set to hit cinemas as protesters across the US rally against the mistreatment of black people by police officers.