In an era when cinema was 'so important', a deep-voiced Tunisian became Italy's on-screen It-girl. Philippa Hawker meets Claudia Cardinale.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (152 min) MA

WHAT if the Chaser's "Make a Realistic Wish" skit had ended before that crushing final line that "they're going to die anyway"? For me, it might just have skidded over the line of what's tolerable and missed much of the resulting communal outrage.

1 Which writer lived on Dunk Island, Queensland?

Anne Chisholm is happy to find that paradise still has a sting on Dunk Island, Queensland's most sturdy island resort. FOR MOST of us, the fantasy of escape to an island in the sun retains a deep, indestructible power. Just off the plane from a dank London winter, struggling..read more