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Did you know that many of the scenes in Blow Up were filmed in Maryon Park in Charlton? You can learn more about Michelangelo Antonioni's cult classic film, starring David Hemmings and Sarah Miles, on the Movie Map created by Film London.

Shah Rukh Khan says his latest film focuses on "the relationship between the Western world and Islam and how that has changed over the past few years." It is about "the journey of one family and how it changes because of 9/11", the Bollywood star says.

Iris Robinson, 60, had an affair with a 19-year-old. Coincidentally, the Simon & Garfunkel song "Mrs Robinson" came out in 1968, when Iris Robinson was... 19. It was also the year when the people of Northern Ireland began their religious war.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali teamed up with Dutch film director Theo van Gogh to make Submission, a film about the mistreatment of women in Islam. Van Gogh was murdered on an Amsterdam street in 2004 by an extremist. Hirsi Ali now lives in Washington, DC.

To accompany Claudia Hellman's article "Shop and save in New York City" in the January issue of Spotlight, we've prepared an online Big Apple experience that uses video, old and new, to convey the magic, myth and drama of this extraordinary place.