Other livesHealthObituaryDr Vera Wülfing-Leckie obituaryVera Wülfing-Leckie, my former wife, who has died aged 66, was a lover of Africa, a homeopath and a translator. Vera’s father had been a Russian prisoner-of-war. Her mother had fled before the advancing Russians from what became East Germany. The cold war seems distant now, but to Vera’s parents the threat was very real. It explained their settling in Lörrach, Germany, close to the border, from where they could get quickly into Switzerland.

Soap operaObituaryGavin Blyth obituaryProducer who led a revamp of EmmerdaleGavin Blyth, who has died of cancer aged 41, rose through the television soap ranks to become producer of Emmerdale, the serial set in rural Yorkshire that long ago dropped the "farm" from its title, and lit up the eponymous village with illicit affairs, explosions and back-stabbing. After taking the reins in January 2009, Blyth introduced new characters, including Lizzie Lakely – the first regular role in a British soap to be taken by a blind actor (Kitty McGeever) – and the Barton family, who took over the Sugdens' farm.

Global developmentThe story of girl’s refusal to be shamed by her gang-rape and a father’s fight for justice, defying a village’s hostility and the dead weight of patriarchy, is told in Nisha Pahuja’s film To Kill a Tiger When his 13-year-old daughter stumbled home six years ago and told her father that she had been gang-raped, Ranjit embarked on a mission to get justice in a manner that is almost unheard of in rural India.

Einar Njiokiktjien does a backflip off his houseboat into the De Vecht river in Maarssen, the Netherlands. Photograph: Ilvy Njiokiktjien/c/o VIIThe global median life expectancy is 72 years old. As part of a photographic project looking at the global community of over 60s we take a look at the lives of a diverse group of people in later life by Ed Kashi, Ilvy Njiokiktjien, and Sara TerryThe world’s population is about to become older than it has ever been: by the year 2030, one in six people will be over the age of 60.

Australian arts in focusSplendour in the Grass 2022 This article is more than 1 year oldSplendour in the Grass 2022 fiasco was foreseeable and ‘just plain dangerous’, local councillors sayThis article is more than 1 year oldOrganisers apologise to tens of thousands of music festivalgoers who were left bogged, stranded and out of pocket Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email The problems that besieged Splendour in the Grass were foreseeable, avoidable and dangerous to the environment, according to local government representatives.