Five Great Reads: Elections, eugenics and high school reunions
The Guardian’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Jacqui Housden and Miles Herbert Get this in your inbox every weekend. Sign up for Five Great Reads here Hello and welcome to the weekend. It’s been a big week around the world, with results of three major elections taking many people by surprise.
And away from the news cycle, our journalists have been asking some big questions – about birth, death, cocaine and why on earth anyone wants to go to a high school reunion.
Read in depth: Entertainment
The Cube creator Adam Adler joins Channel 4: what he will do at its new production unit
Adler is Sarah Dillistone’s first hire for Channel 4’s in-house production business, which the broadcaster says will develop ideas for television and beyond.
Alexander Payne sued over alleged similarities between The Holdovers and Frisco
Screenwriter Simon Stephenson alleges that The Holdovers borrowed substantial elements from his unproduced screenplay Frisco. Payne has previously denied the plagiarism claim.
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