Rainbow Dust; The Moth Snowstorm; and In Pursuit of Butterflies review – three tributes to the humble Lepidoptera

The Greeks gave butterflies and souls the same name: psyche. So what does the ever more parlous state of the creatures say about us?

Child actors ‘risked injury’ during ‘chaotic’ Divergent battle scene shoot

Whistleblower calls in union safety representatives after untrained extras wield dangerous metal props during first day of shooting on sequel Allegiant

The Girl on the Train film to be set in US not UK

Location of DreamWorks’ adaptation of bestselling novel to be shifted to upstate New York, according to author Paula Hawkins

Berlusconi sex scandal ‘escort’ says film is on the way

Patrizia d’Addario, who wrote a book about her alleged affair with the Italian prime minister, said in a court statement she was planning to make a film about it

Star Wars force awakens with standing ovation for Harrison Ford at Comic-Con

The entire stadium-sized convention hall broke the gathering’s strict no-standing rule in unison to greet the recently injured actor

Game of Thrones cast tell Comic-Con crowd only one actor has read the books

At a panel for the show based on George RR Martin’s series, cast members shrug off questions about future plot twists, saying even they ‘don’t have an effing clue’

When life is a competition, we all lose

By choosing to share her award, this year’s Caine prize winner, Namwali Serpell, has set an example of supporting others that we should try to emulate

Joseph Goebbels’ family win legal battle to be paid royalties for diary extracts

Random House Germany had argued against paying to publish Nazi propaganda minister’s diaries in new biography on moral grounds

Angelina Jolie to rule over film of Catherine the Great

Actor-director has optioned Simon Sebag Montefiore’s historical account of the relationship between powerful Russian empress and her court favourite

Unseen footage of Nicolas Cage in costume for Superman Lives emerges

Test footage from abandoned 1997 Tim Burton superhero film has been unearthed for a forthcoming documentary

Romeo and Juliet in Palestine review – Shakespeare under occupation

Tom Sperlinger’s account of teaching English literature to students in the occupied territories is an illuminating look at the wider role of education

Taiye Selasi: stop pigeonholing African writers

Why must writers from Africa always bear the burden of representing their continent? They should be granted artistic freedom, as other authors are

Landscapes of Communism by Owen Hatherley review – a dissenter’s tour of Soviet architecture

A tour of the wind-blasted slabs and towers of the former Eastern bloc becomes a lament for the misfired Renaissance of socialism

Calcutta’s architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city

Author and critic Amit Chaudhuri is spearheading a campaign to preserve the Bengali houses of his birthplace. He explains why reconnecting with the city’s cosmopolitan architectural heritage is crucial to Calcutta’s future

Vatican ‘may’ consider divestment from fossil fuels, despite pope’s call to arms

Activist Naomi Klein, who is in an ‘unlikely alliance’ with Vatican on climate change, says she believes a possible divestment policy is under discussion