Marilyn Monroe: the star among stars who brought ‘new radiance’ to the concept of celebrity. Photograph: SAM SHAW / Rex Features Academics today are required to be popular: new funding criteria for universities measure the “impact” of their staff. What better way for academics... 

The 1962 film version of A Kind of Loving. Photograph: Moviestore Collection I’m sure something happens in A Kind of Loving (Radio 4, daily, 10.45am). In fact, I know something happens, because I’ve seen the film, a breakthrough moment in the British New Wave, a bit like Room at... 

Barrie (left) and Tony with Saffron and Aspen. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian The family in My Weird and Wonderful Family (Channel 4) took a bit of getting my head around. They’re more of an unclear family than a nuclear one. So there are gay dads Tony and Barrie. That’s... 

AP 2007 Zsa Zsa Gabor, shown here in this AP file photo, was hospitalized late Saturday, July 17, in Los Angeles for broken bones. LOS ANGELES — Zsa Zsa Gabor’s publicist says the 93-year-old actress has been rushed to a hospital after falling out of bed and breaking several bones. John Blanchette... 

Gregory Woo in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, part of Family Friendly Film Festival Photograph: Robert Zuckerman Family Friendly Film Festival, Manchester Summer holiday’s sorted for Manchester parents for the next fortnight. And you don’t even need to feel guilty about plonking...