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Cheese-rolling, straw bears and weird rituals galore: one man’s mission to record all of British folklore

A treasure trove devoted to folk traditions has been amassed by one man. Now a campaign hopes to give it a proper home

No utopia: experts question Elon Musk’s vision of world without work

Using AI to create less and better work would benefit society but getting rid of it altogether would be unproductive, experts say

The Royal Hotel review – outback noir shows sinister sexism behind the banter

Kitty Green’s film stars Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick as backpackers forced to take a dodgy-sounding job dealing with the boozy miners in the dusty middle of nowhere

‘I’d be a wreck without it’: the floating daycare centre where Parisians paint, dance and heal

Director Nicolas Philibert had an unexpected triumph with On the Adamant, his film about a haven for people with mental health problems, named after the British pop star. We go aboard

Stolen review – chilling account of Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes horror

Margo Harkin’s film about child abuse in church- and state-run institutions is a highly skilled assembly of testimony that is as forensic as it is nauseating

AI better than biopsy at assessing some cancers, study finds

Researchers in UK say new tool could help ensure patients at high risk are identified promptly

20,000 Species of Bees review – lovely, heartfelt Spanish trans drama

An eight-year-old struggles with her gender identity one long, hot summer in Basque director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s beguiling debut feature

I felt numb – not sure what to do. How did deepfake images of me end up on a porn site?

I hadn’t ever had cause to think about how manipulated online content could impact my life. Then, one winter morning, someone knocked at my door …

‘He showed our lives in ways that had never been seen’: Horace Ové, pioneer of black British cinema

As the BFI dedicates a new season to his ‘radical vision’, friends, family, colleagues and contemporaries remember the director and explain the revolutionary and liberating force of his films

TechScape: How the UK’s online safety bill aims to clean up the internet

It’s complicated, contentious and sweeping. As the landmark legislation becomes law, here’s a guide to its key rules on everything from pornographic content to protecting children

Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn review – overdue recognition for a groundbreaking genius

Sheila Hayman uncovers the story of the pioneering composer whose talent was overshadowed by her brother Felix due to a long history of sexism in the classical music world

‘I stood up and fought back’: how revenge porn survivor Georgia Harrison got her abuser jailed

The reality star’s life was almost destroyed when an ex secretly filmed them having sex and posted it online. He went to prison – and she waived her right to anonymity to help the many women similarly affected

Skateboarding film wins plaudits for focus on mental health

Barney Page rode almost 1,000 miles from John o’Groats to Land’s End after his friend took his own life

Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing

Suit claims app features like disappearing messages and geolocating users make kids easy targets for dealers

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed review – Hollywood beefcake reassessed

Documentary casts the movie star as a painful figure who inspired a new dialogue about Aids, but doesn’t do much to examine his Republican politics

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  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
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