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ELVIS AND PUNK BY DYLAN JONES Dylan Jones, editor of GQ magazine, has written a book about the story of Elvis' relationship with punk. He tells us about where his inspiration came from. It had always intrigued me that Elvis Presley died during the very apotheosis of punk. To teenage rebels in drainpipe trousers, brothel creepers and leather jackets, Elvis seemed about as far away from our worldview as Venus or Mars. What did an overweight cabaret singer know about youthful insurrection? What little we knew. Not only was Elvis largely responsible for the way we looked – even at high school Elvis was wearing pink peg trousers and satin shirts – but, saliently, he was single-handedly responsible for the music we were listening to. The Clash may have shouted about “No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones in 1977!” but without Elvis fusing R&B and country back in the mid-fifties, The Clash would have had nothing to respond to, nothing to add to the lineage of 20th Century pop.  READ MORE >

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10 THINGS YOU FORGET WHEN  YOU'RE STRESSED Nicola Morgan, author of The Teenage Guide to Stress, tells us what we forget when we're stressed - and how to deal with it. MORE >

THE ART OF NEIL GAIMAN: THINGS YOU'LL LEARN The author of a new book that takes a look into Gaiman's world, Hayley Campbell, picks out her favourite facts from the book. MORE >

REMEMBER ME THIS WAY by Sabine Durrant Remember Me This Way is the new psychological thriller by Sabine Durrant. Set in Wandsworth and Cornwall, it tells the story of school librarian Lizzie Carter, whose artist husband, Zach, died in a car accident a year ago. As Lizzie goes to leave flowers at the accident site, she sees a bunch of flowers already there alongside a note from Xenia with a heart around it. In her desire to find out the truth about her husband, Lizzie starts asking many questions that makes her see Zach in a very different light. With unnerving and thoroughly creepy moments, Durrant has created a world that will leave readers desperately racing to the truth, along with Lizzie, via twists and turns that will give you goosebumps. An exceedingly good read, which fans of S.J. Watson and Paula Daly will love.   MORE >