The ObserverShort storiesReviewThe novelist shows her expertise in the briefer format in tales of sexual power, self-delusion and flawed personality “This book came out of years spent learning to be a writer, a process that will never be complete,” Maggie Shipstead writes in the acknowledgments of her first story collection, You Have a Friend in 10A. It may sound over-earnest – indeed, the whole section does – but with Shipstead there’s always a sharp layer of self-awareness just beneath the surface.

Lil Scrappy has just been released from the hospital, but his long recovery's just about to begin ... TMZ has learned. The rapper was released Monday from the Miami hospital where he spent 8 days following a vicious solo car crash after leaving King of Diamonds strip club. As we first showed you ...a surveillance camera captured the moment Scrappy slammed his white Mercedes into a utility pole, breaking his foot in 7 places.

The woman XXXTentacion allegedly abused while she was pregnant with his child is NOT celebrating his death ... and, instead, says she's devastated. Geneva Ayala is upset about some of the Internet reaction to her ex-boyfriend's murder ... particularly people who assume she'd dance on XXX's grave. She said, "i didn't lose my life. he did. it's permanent. i'm still here. like how do you think that makes me feel?

OpinionMental health This article is more than 10 years oldAmanda Bynes and the crass media treatment of 'troubled starlets'This article is more than 10 years oldHannah Jane ParkinsonThose genuinely affected by mental illness are not helped by a buffet of schadenfreude about 'the latest slice of crazy'Question: when does a Mail article about a celebrity posting nude selfies on Twitter transcend from banal lechery to something truly, irresponsibly odious? Answer: when the subject of that article is somebody displaying signs of mental illness.

Céline Dumerc Et Sa Compagne Pauline – Lors de son passage à l’Open LFB, Céline Dumerc s’est entretenue avec le magazine “Tetu”, et la conversation qui en a résulté est passionnante. La maire de Bourges et héros olympique partage ses réflexions sur le sens de la vie privée. Je ne suis pas du tout sociable ; Je préfère ne rien discuter, pas même mes relations personnelles les plus proches. Ce n’est que moi; c’est ma vie privée ; et il ne me vient jamais à l’esprit d’en discuter.