TV reviewTelevision & radioReviewThe jailed misogynist blusters and rants his way through a noxious interview that says as much about the cancerous state of our society as it does about him The bathos, at odd moments, is extraordinary. “If more men walked around the house with swords, most of the world’s problems would be fixed,” says the 35-year-old influencer and ex-kickboxing champion Andrew Tate, explaining to his interviewer, Matt Shea, why he has so many swords lying around.

American reality TV star Olivia Palermo, left, and politician Oliver Letwin. Both have popular first names Photograph: Rex Features and David Levene Oliver and Olivia remained the most popular baby names in England and Wales through 2010. The latest figures on baby names across England and Wales, published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), showed little change at the top, with Oliver, Jack and Harry unchanged as the top three boys' names.

Television & radio This article is more than 8 years oldYvonne Craig, the original 1960s Batgirl, dies aged 78This article is more than 8 years oldSixties TV and movie star played opposite Elvis Presley then joined Batman for its third and final season, playing librarian-turned-Batgirl Barbara Gordon Yvonne Craig, the actor known as the original Batgirl for her role in the 1960s TV series Batman has died, aged 78 According to a statement on her website, Craig died from complications from breast cancer that had metastasized to her liver.

NRL This article is more than 7 years oldNRL player Mitchell Pearce returns to Australia to learn fate after dog videoThis article is more than 7 years oldDisgraced Sydney Roosters star expected to be punished this week‘I’ve got a lot of people to earn respect off,’ says PearceA “humiliated” Mitchell Pearce says he has a long road ahead to earn back respect as he arrived back in Australia to face the music over the infamous Australia Day video.

Carol Rumens's poem of the weekBooksThe US poet began writing his sonnets the day Donald Trump was elected president – but even after Trump, they remain fierce, profound and ageless American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin I only intend to send word to my future Self perpetuation is a war against Time Travel is essentially the aim of any religion Is blindness the color one sees under water

MediaPosh floored as Ali G tackles BecksMediaGuardian.co.ukFor David and Victoria Beckham, ridicule is an occupational hazard. But rarely can Britain's first couple have been subjected to as uncomfortable a 40 minutes as that spent being grilled by Ali G for Comic Relief. Previously the pair have agreed only to the meekest of interrogations, but this exchange was a world away from Michael Parkinson. Over the course of a 40-minute interview, which will be edited for broadcast on March 16, the couple were subjected to the full blast of the comic's singular style.

Getting an airlift to safety: the bloody-nosed beetle. Photograph: Sarah NiemannGetting an airlift to safety: the bloody-nosed beetle. Photograph: Sarah NiemannCountry diaryInsectsDartmoor, Devon The beetle’s forelimb seemed to give a cheery wave to the world as it scooped at thin air then arced forward Wider than a thumbnail, almost as thick as a thumb, a black beetle with a shell like polished shoe leather was lumbering along a well-trodden path.

Horse racing This article is more than 2 years oldTrainer Johnny Farrelly permanently excluded from British racing by BHAThis article is more than 2 years oldFarrelly found to have seriously breached regulationsSomerset trainer has right to appeal after seven yearsJohnny Farrelly, who has trained from a stable in Somerset since 2013, has been permanently excluded from racing with the right to a review after seven years for serious breaches of the sport’s safeguarding regulations, the British Horseracing Authority said on Tuesday in a statement.

Romance filmsReviewAmandla Stenberg plays a biracial teenager who falls for a young German officer in Amma Asante’s uncomfortable second world war drama There’s a heartfelt impetus behind Amma Asante’s new film, a period drama set in Nazi Germany with an interracial theme at its heart. The film gives us elements of melodrama and also of epic – yet there is also something a little uncomfortable about it. Asante’s original screenplay is inspired by the historical case of what were crudely called Rheinlandbastarde, mixed-race people in Nazi Germany who had been fathered by military personnel of African background in the Occupied Rhineland after the first world war.

FictionReviewFans of Cronenberg's films will find a similarly queasy appeal in his first book, a weirdly romantic but utterly depraved tale of sex, technology and conspiracyThe first novel by the film director David Cronenberg is in part a dramatic catalogue of highly desirable electronics equipment. A globetrotting couple of freelance journalists, Nathan and Naomi, are forever thinking about and fiddling with their cameras, and lusting after ones they don't yet own. ("The new D4, the one he didn't have, could shoot at a surreal ISO 204,800.