Words that will forever pursue us: Tim Page on Michael Herr, rock’n’roll voice of the Vietnam War

Herr pioneered reporting that infused Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now. Tim Page, who inspired Dennis Hopper’s character in the latter, pays tribute

Cinema paradiso: Bologna’s magical Il Cinema Ritrovato

From the beautiful Coeur Fidèle to a perfectly restored 1899 film projector, the city’s festival of rediscovered gems induced strained necks and gasps of delight

Shakespeare dominates Hay festival during anniversary year

Despite Benedict Cumberbatch’s surprise appearances at the 2016 Hay festival, it’s Shakespeare who has been the star of the programme

Exam board rules on punctuation are wrong, wrong, and wrong

Linguistics expert David Crystal tells Hay festival that school advisers are ‘not aware of complexity of decisions they are asking kids to make’

CIA ex-boss: secretive spooks tolerated in UK more than in US

Michael Hayden talks at Hay festival about Edward Snowden and how Facebook, not government, is new privacy battleground

Hay festival: Russell T Davies defends cutting Shakespeare texts

Writer behind BBC’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream says he ditched line where character threatens to kill herself, calling it outdated

Rabbits hopping mad about hutches, says naturalist Chris Packham

BBC presenter says we should be constantly rethinking how we look after animals

Fully booked: this year’s best literary festivals

Go to Port Eliot to see Ali Smith, Dave Eggers and Max Porter, and see debut crime novels pitted against the likes of Val McDermid in Harrogate

Hay festival: Shakespeare experts clash over whether to cut, or not to cut

Globe theatre’s chief and deputy head of RSC disagree over merits of editing Bard’s work to make it more relatable

Sydney writers’ festival 2016 roundup: six things we learned

How did Kate Tempest respond to the Q&A furore? What are Crabb and Sales reading? What makes a good moderator? Who is Jonathan Franzen, really?

Dog Eat Dog review – Willem Dafoe is magnificently needy in Paul Schrader’s tasty thriller

Adapted from Ed Bunker’s cult novel, Schrader’s thriller about three ex-cons is his best work in years – though he should probably have avoided casting himself

Bookish things to do with children this summer

Summer is right around the corner and the UK is teaming with literary events and festivals. Whether you’d prefer to forage in the forest with the Gruffalo at Just So festival, or hear Melvin Burgess chat about Junk, there’s something for everyone

Writers’ festival cheat sheet: how to bluff your way through the literary season

No one has time to read all the books, let alone all the things that are written about them. Here’s a handy guide so you don’t get caught off guard

The Handmaiden review – Park Chan-wook’s lurid lesbian potboiler simmers with sexual tension

An erotic thriller that prioritises female sexuality, and exquisite set design, to intoxicating effect

Modern tribes: the cerebral festival-goer

There’s a whole session asking if we’re actually fictional characters, and Raymond Blanc’s 25-course tasting banquet – that’s if it doesn’t clash with Charlotte Church