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Kay Bateman obituary | The Fall

Other livesThe FallObituaryKay Bateman obituaryMy friend Kay Bateman, otherwise known as Kay Carroll, who has died of lung cancer aged 71, was the first manager of Mark E Smith’s band, the Fall. Although few women held such roles in the 1970s, she fearlessly took on musicians, rowdy audiences and industry moguls. A recording of a telephone conversation – posted on YouTube – captures her caustically scolding the Factory Records boss, Tony Wilson: “You’re pirating my bloody stuff, Tony!

Most dinosaurs had scales, not feathers, fossil analysis concludes | Science

Science This article is more than 8 years oldMost dinosaurs had scales, not feathers, fossil analysis concludesThis article is more than 8 years oldDespite recent theories suggesting a common feathered ancestor or proto-feathers on all dinosaurs, new survey confirms that scales were the norm Researchers have called time on a growing suspicion that many dinosaurs were not the dry, scaly animals of popular conception, but fluffy, feathered beasts instead. Remains unearthed in recent years have revealed feathers or proto-feathers on a range of dinosaurs, leading some paleontologists to wonder if all of the animals evolved from a feathered ancestor and sported some kind of plumage themselves.

The tide has turned: why parents are suing US social media firms after their childrens deat

Kristin Bride with a photo of her 16-year-old son Carson Bride on the day she appeared before a Senate judiciary committee hearing to examine protecting our children online. Photograph: Eric Kayne/AP Images for ParentsTogether ActionKristin Bride with a photo of her 16-year-old son Carson Bride on the day she appeared before a Senate judiciary committee hearing to examine protecting our children online. Photograph: Eric Kayne/AP Images for ParentsTogether ActionReclaim your brainSocial mediaSocial media firms have faced scrutiny from Congress over their impact on young users, but parents who have lost kids to online harm are now leading the charge

Tired of Winning review: Jonathan Karl on Trump as Hitler wannabe

BooksReviewABC News’s chief Washington correspondent is a sure guide to the former president’s rise and the enduring threat he poses In his new book, Jonathan Karl captures Donald Trump gloating. “She said she could never get crowds like that,” the former US president turned de facto Republican presidential nominee is quoted as saying, after a conversation with Angela Merkel, then chancellor of Germany. ‘An end of American democracy’: Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s historic threatRead more“In fact, she told me that there was only one other political leader who ever got crowds as big as mine.

Albert Camus will always be the outsider and I'm proud of that, says the writer's daughter | Alb

The ObserverAlbert Camus This article is more than 10 years oldAlbert Camus will always be the outsider – and I'm proud of that, says the writer's daughterThis article is more than 10 years oldThere is no national French celebration of the Nobel winner's centenary. But he wouldn't want one, says Catherine CamusIt is a century since French Nobel prize-winning author Albert Camus was born – and more than 50 years since he died in an accident on an icy road – yet the polemics over his legacy and "