Four views of modern maternity

Melanie Blake is being hailed as the new “queen of the bonkbuster” – and she couldn’t be more delighted at the accolade, particularly as it originally belonged to one of her idols, the late great Jill

SARAH DITUM

MARIE peered out of the front room window, wondering if people would be on time. And not only that – what if nobody showed? She let the net curtain drop, listening to the kettle whistling in the kitch

Iris Murdoch’s unseen poetry, transcribed for the first time

Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz discusses the updated edition of her iconic portrait collection with Newsweek