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My only commandment is ‘Thou shalt not bore’

Zoe West shares her favourite picks for the week

I really don’t like New Year. Despite happy memories of getting engaged on 31 December many moons ago, I find it makes me a bit insecure. I worry there’s a party everyone is going to that I’m not invi

The best new books you’ll love

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

IN AN AGE OF COMPARISON CULTURE AND GLOSSY SOCIAL-MEDIA LIVES, IT’S HARD NOT TO QUESTION YOUR OWN PROGRESS. BUT THERE’S NO RIGHT PATH TO LIFE AS THESE WOMEN, WHO ARE TURNING CONVENTION ON ITS HEAD AND SHARING WISDOM AS THEY GO, DEMONSTRATE…