Is it bollocks?

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

THE PICK OF THE BEST AUDIO ON DEMAND

Thrown together in the strangest and most inauspicious of circumstances we reveal the five most unexpected friendships to have ever graced the silver screen

IN 1995, A TINY TALKING PIG WON THE PLANET’S HEARTS, PUSHED THE VFX ENVELOPE — AND PUT A SERIOUS DENT IN THE PORK INDUSTRY. AS BABE TURNS 30, GEORGE MILLER REVISITS THE GROUNDBREAKING FAMILY CLASSIC (AND ITS UTTERLY BONKERS SEQUEL)

KEEPING UP WITH… Matthew d’Ancona

Summer 1975 was a glorious time to be young on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. “We had the beaches to ourselves – nobody else wanted to go in the water, not even a lot of people who’d l