Memories of Fidel

UK writer and former politician Trevor Philips on meeting Castro as a young activist; Centre-right Les Républicains decide in France; thunderstorm asthma in Australia.

(Photo: A woman looks at a book of condolences outside the abandoned small limestone house of Castro's father, on which a plaque reads, "Angel Castro Argiz was born in this house in 1875, a Galician who emigrated to Cuba where he planted trees which still blossom". Credit: AFP/Getty)