Mexico’s avenging Mother Courage, an interview with the king of horror movies and why middle-aged women have rediscove

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days After her son disappeared, Isabel Miranda de Wallace swore she would bring the culprits to justice. She became a national hero. But did she go too far? Sam Edwards told the gripping story about one of Mexico’s most shocking miscarriages of justice of recent years. double quotation markIf you really want to know the truth about alien encounters, I think that my movies are more realistic about what will happen. Think of the settlers who came to the United States and their encounters with the Indians. It didn’t really go so well for the Indians, OK? Steve Rose interviewed the king of horror and sci-fi movies who, at 78, is as much of a rebel as ever. They discussed creativity, compromise, aliens and how he became addicted to movie-making. double quotation markWhen you go into an inclusive dance space, you can enter a liminal space where time dissolves and everybody is treated as an equal. Doesn’t matter if you’re a CEO, a road sweeper, a woman or a man, if you’re 25 or 55, you can access that space, and that gives you a sense of belonging. For those who are burned out

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