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by Harriet Lane (£20, HB, Orion) What lies beneath the image we construct of ourselves? Ruth, newly divorced and drifting as her daughter leaves home, feels invisible – until Sookie, her dazzling form

Nicola Kaufman, 49, lives in Horsham, West Sussex, with her husband Adrian, 49. By the time I found out that I had multiple sclerosis (MS) – a condition that affects the brain and central nervous syst

Congratulations! This year is going to be your year Well, our year, apparently. Because according to those self-important global governing bodies with names that sound like a tin of Alphabetti Spaghet

Damien Demolder considers...