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| Hello. The 4,000-person hamlet of St-Tropez sees more than 80,000 daily visitors in the summer months – so it's no wonder that the famous fishing village is now asking outsiders to stay away during high season. In our feature below, we're looking at how France is pushing back against over-tourism. Also in this edition are the funniest jokes from past Edinburgh Fringe festivals, plus we've pulled together a list of 12 of the best recent beach reads. Happy reading! | |
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 | ESSENTIAL FEATURES | St-Tropez's tourist backlash | Once a sleepy fishing village, this picture-perfect town on the French Riviera has transformed into one of the Mediterranean's most overcrowded destinations. This summer, it's telling visitors to stay away. | |
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12 of the best recent beach reads | Pack your late-summer getaway bag with new books from Colm Tóibín, Miranda July, David Nicholls and others.
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| What if a giant solar superstorm hit the Earth? | An enormous solar event slammed into our planet 14,000 years ago. What would be the effect if that happened today?
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| Why Alien: Romulus is the best Alien film in decades | Since the first two films, the sci-fi horror series has been a mixed bag. But this latest makes for a superbly scary monster movie.
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| How to make new food from what we throw away | At start-ups across Europe, the US and Asia, used food products are being given a second life.
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| Insiders on the rise of Saudi's Crown Prince | For the past year, the BBC has been talking to Saudi friends and opponents of MBS, as well as Western spies and diplomats.
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| India's schoolgirls and a silent cycling revolution | A new peer-reviewed study has revealed remarkable insights about school-going children and cycling in rural India.
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| Funniest Edinburgh Fringe jokes from past years | This year's Funniest Joke of the Fringe winner is a pun about a cancelled sailing trip. Here are the previous 10 winners.
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| Stockholm Syndrome and the art of hostage negotiation | Watch extracts from a BBC archive interview featuring two pioneering New York police negotiators. | |
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| | See the rare 'doomsday' oarfish spotted off California's coast | The massive oarfish was found two days before a 4.4 earthquake struck Los Angeles. | |
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| | Texas fever: The lesser-known history of the US border | In 1911, an outbreak meant concerns about the border were not to do with humans crossing, but cows. | |
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING | What goes on in the 'Church-With-No-Name'? |
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| |  | Founded in Ireland, the 'Church-With-No-Name' has attracted little attention for more than a century. Known to some outsiders as 'The Two By Twos', it's currently making headlines around the world. |
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