FictionReviewThis gag-heavy comedy, in which a tech mogul has planted a microchip in his wife’s brain, is a wild ride “The stench of crisis on you now is at an all-time high,” Hazel’s father tells her. He’s not wrong: Hazel is a perpetual Cinderella, still in rags despite having been swept off her feet by a (not so charming) prince. She has packed up and run away, back to her dad’s, but how do you evade a husband who has planted a microchip in your brain?

IsraelLettersOur hearts ache, but we must not give in to despairGuy Naamati, a former resident of Kibbutz Re’im in Israel, shares a poem he wrote in response to the Hamas attack, while another reader describes the pain of seeing atrocities brushed off or even justified I live in Cambridge, but I’m originally from Kibbutz Re’im in Israel, not far from the site of the festival massacre last weekend. My parents, sisters and young niece and nephews were there during the attack, but thankfully they are safe.

The ObserverFashion This article is more than 2 years oldThe devil’s in the detail: hair horns become summer’s hot new trendThis article is more than 2 years oldAnime inspires bold, edgy look with a nod back to punk and emo styles worn by the Bromley Contingent and the Prodigy’s Keith Flint This year has brought many unexpected hair trends. First came the shullet (a cross between the 90s shag and the harder 80s mullet), then the wolf cut (a long choppy style with wispy layers and a heavy fringe), but now there’s a new trend in town, and it is bolder than ever: hair horns.

Cancer This article is more than 7 months oldThe extraordinary bucket list of Laura Nuttall who died of brain cancer at 23This article is more than 7 months oldLancashire woman met Michelle Obama, commanded a warship, performed with Peter Kay and drove a tank Very few people would be able to say they had commanded a Royal Navy ship, met Michelle Obama and presented a television weather forecast. But Laura Nuttall from Barrowford in Lancashire did not let a terminal cancer diagnosis stop her from ticking off an impressive bucket list before her death on Monday at the age of 23.

BooksA bookseller in Kent has gone viral after tweeting a picture of her empty shop. Here, other retailers explain how they are surviving – even thriving – when many people are counting every penny A vase of hydrangeas sits among a crop of the latest releases, including What Writers Read and Blake Morrison’s Two Sisters. There is a cosy rug and a bright window display. It looks like a lovely bookshop.