‘It was triggered by a Fellini-esque woman who pulled a knife on someone’: how the Only Ones made Another Girl, Another Planet

‘It wasn’t a hit at the time, but when it was later used in an advert, I got paid 100 grand. I was still using drugs and the money was gone in a year’This song was triggered by meeting someone who had started hanging around our rehearsal rooms in King’s Cross, London. She was very Felliniesque and looked as if she had stepped out of 8 ½. She was an extremely eccentric character and one day she pulled a knife on another girl who was there. I was fascinated by her, not in a romantic way, but to observe, as a curiosity

A wholesome escape from the housing crisis: the Facebook group dedicated to retro Australian homes

There is one thing that unites the members of my favourite Facebook group: a shared hatred of white paint.In the comments, people moan about mid-century homes being visited by “the white fairy”. Some discuss whether it’s possible to undo the horrors previous owners have committed. One shares a link to a home for sale, noting the “incredible vandalism” of a whitewash renovation. “I got three photos in and had to stop,” one of 80 incensed replies reads

‘I was 25 and done with playing a teenager’: Asa Butterfield on Sex Education, stage fright and his ‘terrifying’ one-man play

The actor was eight when he landed his first movie, and spent his teens working with the likes of Martin Scorsese and Harrison Ford. Now he’s making his theatre debut, in a role that mirrors his own experiences of big time rejectionInterviewing actors usually involves asking them to remember things: lines spoken, expressions pulled, performances given weeks, months or even years ago that are only now seeing the light of day. But instead of fondly reminiscing about his latest project, Asa Butterfield is desperately trying to envisage it. The Sex Education star is about to appear in Second Best, a play about the boy who came agonisingly close to being cast as Harry Potter in the film franchise. It’s his first week of rehearsals, and Butterfield isn’t merely figuring out how to play the part, he’s also trying to predict how scared he’ll be while doing it: in an extremely bold move, this 90-minute one-hander will be the actor’s theatrical debut

Post your questions for Mike Scott of the Waterboys

No strangers to an ambitious vision, the Waterboys’ 16th album, Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, tells the story of the Easy Rider director-star and outsider actor – as well as the last 75 years of pop culture.“The arc of his life was the story of our times,” says band leader Mike Scott. “He was at the big bang of youth culture in Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean; and the beginnings of pop art with the young Andy Warhol. He was part of the counter-culture, hippy, civil rights and psychedelic scenes of the 60s. In the 70s and 80s he went on a wild 10-year rip, almost died, came back, got straight and became a five-movies-a-year character actor without losing the sparkle in his eye or the sense of danger or unpredictability that always gathered around him

TV tonight: Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell introduce their new wedding comedy

The Hollywood stars join Graham Norton on the sofa to discuss their nuptials-themed romp. Plus: Lucy Worsley on the reputation of Bloody Mary. Here’s what to watch this evening11.05pm, BBC OneAnother starry night in Norton’s studio: Hollywood greats Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell join forces in new wedding comedy You’re Cordially Invited. They’ll be on the sofa with Ariana Grande (still pumping the Wicked publicity) and Don Gilet, who stars in the BBC’s weirdly popular whodunnit Death in Paradise

‘We won’t come again’: dazed visitors fed up with overcrowded Louvre

As the crowds poured out of the Louvre, the look of dazed exhaustion on many faces confirmed what the museum’s director had warned last week: a trip to Paris’s biggest cultural attraction has become a “physical ordeal”.Myriam, 65, a former secondary school science teacher had driven from Belgium with her husband to show their 12-year-old granddaughter the Mona Lisa. They left disappointed. “I think the Louvre is a victim of its own success,” she said. “We won’t come again