• Uncommon People by Miranda Sawyer: Britpop - the last musical era?
• Shattered by Hanif Kureishi: I can't use my phone, blow my nose or rub my eyes - author Hanif Kureishi was watching football when he felt dizzy. The next thing he knew, he was virtually paralysed, as he tells all in this devastatingly honest memoir
• Out of Character by Alison Steadman: It's not Gavin, Stacey or even Smithy - the real star is Pamelaaaar!
• A homeless virtual stranger knocked on our door two days before Christmas and we invited him in for a cup of tea. He NEVER left: So what would you have done in Rob and Dianne's shoes?
• Tessa Hadley's latest features in this week's Literary Fiction reviews: Hum by Helen Phillips, The Party by Tessa Hadley, Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac