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In brief: Games and Rituals; Friendaholic; The Women Who Saved the English Countryside – reviews

Katherine Heiny’s sparky, bittersweet tales of love; Elizabeth Day’s generous memoir about friendship; and a fastidious study of four nature campaigners

The Guardian - UK

The chasm between mothers and childless women is widening

Seeing friends move on to motherhood without me is made all the more painful by a chronic failure of empathy on both sides, says journalist Nicola Slawson

The Guardian - UK

Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day review – friends with benefits

A candid examination of the difference between being good at friendships and being a good friend

The Guardian - UK

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Secrets Of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden and To Battersea Park by Philip Hensher.

The Independent UK

‘She helped me believe it was all going to be OK’: Elizabeth Day on the friend who turned her life around

At one of her darkest points, Elizabeth Day stumbled across a new friendship. Here, the author and broadcaster describes how Joan, 20 years her senior, always finds just the right words – and mixes the greatest martinis

The Guardian - UK

Trinny Woodall enjoys night out with Vanessa Feltz amid Charles Saatchi ‘split’ speculation

Woodall, 59, raised suspicions that she was single after revealing that she had ‘moved house’

Evening Standard

Phoebe Waller-Bridge explains why she avoids the ‘madness’ of social media

It ‘fetishises’ getting friends, likes and followers, she says

Evening Standard

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Best podcasts of the week: The makers of Serial are back with a cold case killing in deepest Wyoming

In this week’s newsletter: Reporter Kim Barker explores an unsolved murder in her ‘mean’ hometown, in The Coldest Case in Laramie. Plus: five of the best podcasts about friendship

The Guardian - UK

Alex Jones 'feared losing' husband Charlie Thomson as she opens up about mental health

The One Show host appeared on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast and spoke very candidly about the mental health struggles her family face

Wales Online

BBC The One Show's Alex Jones once locked King Charles in a toilet by accident

The One Show's Alex Jones appeared on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast and spoke career mishaps and how The Masked Singer's Davina McCall ended up invigilating her university exams

Wales Online

Lorraine Kelly on Anthea Turner 'grudge' after losing job while on maternity leave

Lorraine Kelly says getting replaced by fellow presenter Anthea Turner while she was on maternity leave turned into a positive and changed her life for the better

Daily Mirror

Saba Sams wins BBC national short story award for ‘transportive’ tale

The 26-year-old, who drafted the story about ‘complex family dynamics’ when she was 19, takes a £15,000 prize for the piece taken from her debut collection Send Nudes

The Guardian - UK

Melanie C alleges she was sexually assaulted before debut Spice Girls performance

Melanie Chisholm, AKA Sporty Spice, spoke about the incident, which made her feel ‘violated’, on an episode of the How to Fail podcast

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: time to discover the summer’s hottest reads

Authors Caleb Azumah Nelson and Minnie Driver chat about their books. Plus: a slaughterhouse is transformed into a family home. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Daily Record

Bookclub guru Heather Suttie on the books and podcasts that will make you laugh and cry

Heather Suttie recommends her favourite books and podcasts

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Meg Mason’s cultural highlights

The writer on motherhood and Marguerite Duras, the euphoria of Florence + the Machine and a brilliant Le Carré redux

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Lights, camera, Radcliffe: star plots directing move

Londoner’s Diary today: Daniel Radcliffe turns his gaze to life behind the camera / Matthew Parris says he won’t be bragging about his latest award / Stanley Tucci on cheeky form at interview with Elizabeth Day / Gyles Brandreth makes an unusual celebrity comparison

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Elizabeth Day returns with a show for friends in need

The How to Fail host teams up with best friend and therapist Emma Reed-Turrell to dissect their – and our – life challenges. Plus: five of the best podcasts about women

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