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A gazpacho is not only a great way to use up odds and ends in the crisper drawer, it will also surprise you with its flavour and versatility

Since reading How Not to Die, by Michael Greger, I’m always looking for ways to include greens in every meal. He regularly pops into my mind when I’m cooking, whispering in my ear: “Add some spinach to that risotto,” say, or “Moringa powder will make your porridge much more nutritious.” So I’m sure today’s green gazpacho would make him proud. It’s a great way to clear out your crisper drawer and pack a meal with all sorts of greens. Anything goes, but if any of your chosen ingredients (eg, basil or mint) has a particularly potent flavour, just add it in moderation or to taste. Incidentally, the key to a great gazpacho is the quality of the olive oil, as is a nice, bold-but-balanced acidity, which is easily achieved with a squeeze of lemon or your best vinegar.

After being shelved as a tax-writeoff, this Looney Tunes reboot redraws the hapless hunter as the Erin Brockovich of the cartoon world

Here is a quirky, peculiar, yet strangely diverting live-action-toon hybrid of the kind that hasn’t been popular at the movies for many a day; it gives us a new twist on the surreal forever war between Wile E Coyote and the speedy Road Runner (catchphrase “beep beep”, pronounced “meep, meep”). The music over the closing credits will incidentally disappoint fans of this animated franchise; they’ve gone with the Clash’s I Fought the Law, but surely it should be Roadrunner from Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers?

Coyote Vs Acme is a comedy whose obsessive and hyperactive pedantry is exhausting, but arguably part of the point, aimed at America’s litigious culture, corporate arrogance and monopoly capitalism. So when producers Warner Bros initially decided to shelve the whole thing as a tax writeoff, that must have felt to director Dave Green like an ironic cartoon anvil to the head. Well, the film was rescued and it would be great therefore to discover that this is a masterpiece. Sadly it’s not, but there are some laughs and the pure fanatical oddity makes this watchable.

As gaming’s biggest publishers retreat into safer bets, a new generation of independents are building an alternative from the ground up

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During the 1990s, a new strata of independent film studios and distributors revitalised the Hollywood movie machine. The likes of Miramax, New Line Cinema and October Films challenged the ageing behemoths of the industry and pushed forward offbeat directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Darren Aronofsky and Jane Campion. The decade is widely considered an artistic high point for western cinema after the bloated mainstream excesses of the 1980s. Could something similar now be happening in games?

Certainly, we have a similar setup. The big players of the games business are in various states of creative disarray: Electronic Arts (EA) has been bought out by a Saudi-led consortium, which is likely to lead to more cautious, hit-driven decisions; Microsoft bought Activision and Bethesda and then ordered waves of redundancies; Ubisoft has cancelled several titles and is posting big losses. Those companies are also facing rising development costs, so they’re circling the wagons, focusing on legacy brands and freezing recruitment. It’s hard to imagine any left-field works of genius emerging from this imaginative quagmire.

'Aaah, even tot rust komen in het neukhok... Eh ik bedoel de stilteruimte van de Universiteit Utrecht. Huh wat gek, allemaal bierdopjes en onverklaarbare plassen hier. Even zitten. Jeetje die tafel wiebelt wel heel erg. Er moet eigenlijk iets onder deze tafelpoot. Hee daar heb je een paar boeken, geen idee wat voor boeken maar precies dik genoeg. Zo, die staat weer recht.' WIEEEHOEEWIEEEHOEE HAATMISDRIJF-ALARM. Ja mensen, iemand heeft het in zijn hoofd gehaald om in een stilteruimte in een gebouw van de Universiteit Utrecht een tafelpoot te stabiliseren met de heilige boeken van de islam, een religie die überhaupt niets heeft met poten. Dat leidde gisteren al tot WOEDE bij de Student Coalition Utrecht ("Zulke islamofobe uitingen met religieuze geschriften horen geen plaats te hebben binnen onze universitaire gemeenschap") KAMERVRAGEN van Dogukan Ergin (DENK) ("haatactie tegen moslimstudenten") en nu heeft de uni besloten een ONDERZOEK te starten naar de zaak. Het is ook hard aangekomen bij de islamitische studentenvereniging Insan, die laat weten "geschrokken" te zijn, want "dergelijke handelingen raken aan de veiligheid en het respect dat iedere student binnen de universiteit zou moeten kunnen ervaren". Dit is inderdaad niet de bedoeling. De universiteit, daar moet iedereen zich ten allen tijden veilig voelen, en dus gesteund in zijn of haar ideologie.

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