The artist on a moving biography of George Orwell’s wife, a theatre company that should be available on the NHS, and the joy of a good crime drama

The artist Bobby Baker was born in Kent in 1950 and studied painting at St Martins School of Art. In her work, which combines performance with drawing and installation, she highlights the undervalued aspects of women’s lives, often with reference to food and cooking. In 1995, she founded Daily Life Ltd to make art that “explores and celebrates everyday life and human behaviour”. Her artwork An Edible Family in a Mobile Home, originally created in 1976 and featuring a family composed of cakes, biscuits and meringues, is at the Whitworth, Manchester, until 20 April. Baker lives and works in London.

The two women were said to have been stargazing with three male travellers when the incident took place

Two men have been arrested in India in connection with the alleged rape of an Israeli and a local woman.

The Israeli woman and her homestay operator were said to be stargazing with three male travellers in Koppal town in southern Karnataka state on Thursday night.

SXSW film festival: Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return in Amazon’s ridiculous yet glossily enjoyable follow-up to 2018’s fan favorite

On paper, there are plenty of reasons to make a follow-up to A Simple Favor, Paul Feig’s 2018 comic mystery film starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively as two delusive, scheming suburban moms. Though it gestured at being a serious thriller – a sort of Gone Girl for cable channel – the film, based on the 2017 novel by Darcey Bell, ultimately devolved into ridiculousness, untethered from logic yet with plenty of road for more twists. Lively’s Emily Nelson, an archly manipulative psychopath straight out of a Justin Baldoni lawsuit, remains her best work since Gossip Girl. And most pertinent to Amazon MGM studios, the film found post-theatrical success on streaming, becoming a modern camp classic during the pandemic.

But Feig, by his own admission at the SXSW film festival on Friday evening, is wary of sequels, and for good reason – rarely does lightning strike twice, especially in suburban Connecticut. A Simple Favor ended in settled-enough fashion, with (spoiler alert) Emily in prison for the murder of her secret identical twin sister and attempted murder of her husband, Kendrick’s Stephanie, a successful mommy vlogger, and their hapless mutual ex Sean (Henry Golding) living in peace in San Diego.

SXSW film festival: Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return in Amazon’s ridiculous yet glossily enjoyable follow-up to 2018’s fan favorite

On paper, there are plenty of reasons to make a follow-up to A Simple Favor, Paul Feig’s 2018 comic mystery film starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively as two delusive, scheming suburban moms. Though it gestured at being a serious thriller – a sort of Gone Girl for cable channel – the film, based on the 2017 novel by Darcey Bell, ultimately devolved into ridiculousness, untethered from logic yet with plenty of road for more twists. Lively’s Emily Nelson, an archly manipulative psychopath straight out of a Justin Baldoni lawsuit, remains her best work since Gossip Girl. And most pertinent to Amazon MGM studios, the film found post-theatrical success on streaming, becoming a modern camp classic during the pandemic.

But Feig, by his own admission at the SXSW film festival on Friday evening, is wary of sequels, and for good reason – rarely does lightning strike twice, especially in suburban Connecticut. A Simple Favor ended in settled-enough fashion, with (spoiler alert) Emily in prison for the murder of her secret identical twin sister and attempted murder of her husband, Kendrick’s Stephanie, a successful mommy vlogger, and their hapless mutual ex Sean (Henry Golding) living in peace in San Diego.

• Bobby Thomas grabs added-time winner for Sky Blues
• Millwall come from behind for 2-1 victory at Watford

Bobby Thomas scored a last-gasp winner to give Coventry a thrilling 3-2 win against Stoke at the CBS Arena. Victor Torp had scored a first-half double to put the Sky Blues ahead before substitute Sam Gallagher netted two of his own to haul Stoke level. But Thomas sent the home fans into raptures in the seventh minute of added time when he thumped home to earn his side a ninth win in 10 league outings.

The fixture was also the return of Stoke’s manager Mark Robins after he was sacked by the Sky Blues in November. Robins’s seven-year reign featured two promotions, a Championship playoff final defeat to Luton on penalties and FA Cup semi-final heartbreak against Manchester United last season.