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Alan Vint

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Actor Actor Alan Vint died of pneumonia Aug. 16 in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 61. A native of Tulsa, Okla., Vint joined the Actor’s Studio with his brothers Jesse and Bill while an engineering student at the U. of Arizona. He made his film debut in 1970 Western “The McMasters.” Vint went on to have roles in several iconic ’70s pics, playing detective Hotch in “The Panic in Needle Park,” starring with brother Jesse in “Macon County Line” and appearing in “Badlands,” “Earthquake” and “Two Lane Blacktop. Read More...

Country diary: art imitates nature to reveal the delicate beauty of moths

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Country diaryInsectsKestle Barton, Helston, Cornwall: Sarah Gillespie’s print exhibition captures the mystery of moths and on the day of our visit we are graced by a live specimen of spectacular colours It is intriguing that moths are one of the few animal groups to trigger a recognised psychological anxiety, “mottephobia”. It is surely a reflection of our deep-seated diurnal biases that we visit all manner of affections upon butterflies but withhold them from their nocturnal relatives. Read More...