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Why has a little known 1940s novel become a Turkeys bestselling book? Maureen Freely on a writer who refuses traditional gender roles, and offers hope in an increasingly restricted society When it was first published in Istanbul in 1943, it made no impression whatsoever. Decades later, when Madonna in a Fur Coat became the sort

Catch great waves, then kick back at a beach bar or restaurant before bedding down for the night all tried and tested by Veerle Helsen, author of the book Surf & Stay Veerle Helsen spent six months touring the coasts of north-west Spain and Portugal in her campervan and with a surfboard. Her book

"All intellectual and artistic endeavours," writes the female painter-protagonist of Siri Hustvedt's new novel, "even jokes, ironies, and parodies, fare better in the mind of thecrowd when the crowd knows that somewhere behind the great work or the great spoof it can locate a cock and a pair of balls." The absence of women artists

Its hard to shed a tear over Kanye Wests waterworks for Balmain, while Burberry and Jeremy Scott also love a good blub In the moody, luxe noir video for Kanye Wests new single Wolves, he cries. The emotional outpouring is as big as the video, which doubles as a Balmain campaign. As a sweep of

Shoppers switch to discounters and buy more own-label goods to offset hefty food price inflation The grocery discounters Aldi and Lidl both rang up their best ever Christmas sales performance in the UK as shoppers sought ways to save cash during the cost of living crisis.