Midlife crisis? Get a COW not a car

My manor, a drunk thieving priest, and me

How I cut down to only drinking one bottle of booze a day and eating red meat just seven times a week

New book proves that in the Middle East the sword still decides who rules

Our critic's must-read review of a KILLER career

Oscar Wilde is reimagined in the best Literary Fiction of the week: DOOM PAINTING by A. K. Blakemore, STATIONS by Louise Kennedy, THE WEIGHT OF ANGELS by John Boyne

Works of genius in this week's Retro fiction: GREAT GRANNY WEBSTER by Caroline Blackwood, BAD ATTITUDES by Agnes Owens

Richard Osman returns in our best Contemporary novels of the month: Taipei Story by Rebecca F. Kuang, The Comeback by Mel Giedroyc, We Chase Shadows by Richard Osman

Deeply Creepy Thrillers for the start of autumn: The Wicked Girls by Roz Watkins, Tell Me Something True by Michael Robotham, King Zero by Charlie Higson

The THREE step plan that means you can take control of your own destiny ... by the father of positive psychology

'I'm in great danger - you have to get me out immediately!' The dramatic escape of Russian superspy turned defector 'Redwood' from under the noses of the KGB

The Russian spy boss who turned traitor to save his sexless marriage: He knew the KGB would torture and execute him - not with a clean shot to the head but by cremating him alive

What will the world really look like when robots are doing everything for us?

'Men with amputated legs make the best lovers.' the outrageous life and lines of Dame Barbara Cartland

Autumn...the season of crunchy leaves or ghostly spirits?