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The week in audio: The Good Whale; Fashion Neurosis With Bella Freud; Archive on 4: A Child’s Christmas – review

The true story of Keiko, the orca star of Free Willy, makes for a moving new Serial tale; the fashionista follows in her grandfather’s footsteps. Plus, writers on child’s-eye-view Christmas wonder

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‘Transformative, for better and for worse’: what’s the legacy of Peru’s Alberto Fujimori

Despite his convictions for corruption and human rights abuses, many see the president who has died at 86 as the country’s greatest leader

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Polarising Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori Dies At 86

Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori, who spent 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity, died on Wednesday at the age of 86 in the capital Lima, his family said.

International Business Times

Alberto Fujimori, Peru's Deeply Divisive Former Strongman Leader

Peru's Alberto Fujimori, who died Wednesday at the age of 86, was a one-time university dean who rose to wage a bloody campaign against insurgents as president in the 1990s -- but ended up jailed for atrocities.

International Business Times

Enjoyed Butter by Asako Yuzuki? Here are four more Japanese writers that explore misogyny through food

Asako Yuzuki’s novel Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder is the latest literary sensation by a female Japanese writer to be served to, and savoured by, an international audience.

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Kurt Russell open to return for potential Monarch season 2

Kurt Russell addresses the possibility of a second season for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, expressing openness to returning if the show continues.

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Peru braces for protests after former President Fujimori's release from prison

The release from prison of the former authoritarian leader has triggered uproar in the Andean country. He had been serving a 25-year sentence for directing death squads against supposed subversives.

WEKU

Meet the Monarch: Legacy of Monsters cast — who's who in the Godzilla TV show

Here's who we'll be following in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, in all the timelines and including some of the monsters.

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Where Free Willy cast are now – prison stint, Bond role and tragic fate of killer whale

Free Willy has long been a beloved blockbuster movie, with it remaining a staple in childhoods for decades - but where are the cast now? Scroll on as Mirror US dives in...

Daily Mirror

‘We used a rocket-launcher for his leap to freedom!’ How we made Free Willy

‘Keiko the whale was fantastic. If I didn’t say hi to him, he’d blow water on me from his spout. And how do you say hi to a whale? You jump on his back really hard!’

The Guardian - UK

Lolita, the 2nd-oldest orca in captivity, is finally getting released after more than 50 years

Lolita, also known as Tokitae, is returning to the waters of the Pacific Northwest more than half a century after her capture there.

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The Independent UK

Bringing Lolita home: How to release a long-captive orca?

An ambitious plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have long advocated for her to be freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium

The Guardian - UK

Death of ‘world’s loneliest orca’ sparks calls for change

Grief at death of Kiska, Canada’s last captive killer whale, tempered by recognition of how she inspired a bill improving protection for cetaceans

The Independent UK

Kiska, last captive orca in Canada, has died at Marineland

A killer whale at Marineland and the last captive orca in Canada, who has swam alone in her tank for more than a decade, has died

Daily Mirror

'World's loneliest Orca' who once lived with the star of Free Willy movie dies

Kiska, an orca that lived in isolation at Marineland theme park in Canada, has sadly died. The animal was alone since 2011, which is considered torture for social creatures like orcas

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Orca who lived with star of Free Willy movie filmed swimming in circles in tiny tank

Kiska, a killer whale, is living alone in a very small tank and has been filmed swimming in circles at amusement park MarineLand in Florida, US

The Independent UK

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Dr Feelgood legend Wilko Johnson on cancer reprieve miracle after being given months to live

The Game of Thrones actor and musician said his goodbyes, even going on a farewell tour, when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer - but he beat it and he's still rocking

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