Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

What happens if your job as a live-in maid for a wealthy family starts to go… awry? This is the question explored in new Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried thriller The Housemaid, based on the book by

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

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...chicken curry in all its glory, so the prospect of food writer Suki Pantal’s No Worries, Just Chicken Curries (£18.99, waterstones.com) has us drooling! With over 70 recipes from all regions of the

Best books… Elizabeth Gilbert The author of the ...