Embarking on new season fashion trends might feel intimidating, but dipping a toe into the world of new shoe trends can often feel a whole lot more manageable. After all, not only do they take up a smaller percentage of your look than a head-to-toe outfit but they're also much easier to switch out for an emergency spare pair should you regret your choice by lunch time. But what are the shoe trends this festive season?

BooksReviewThe Enigma of Arrival by VS Naipaul 320pp, Penguin, £7.99 A few years ago, VS Naipaul said that he still thought of himself as a comic writer, and that his highest ambition was to write a comedy to equal his magnificent 1961 novel, A House for Mr Biswas. To read this was to feel heartened - if the author could find a way of uniting the warmth and energy of the early work that culminated in Biswas with the magisterial technical control of his later writing, we might, might we not, be in for something rather special?

What do Zayn Malik, Jennifer Lopez and Miley Cyrus have in common? They're all in sexy selfies. As 'Interview' magazine launches 8 selfie covers in September issue, see the celebs like you've never seen them before... 1. Zayn Malik Zayn Malik topless. We repeat, Zayn Malik TOPLESS! Showing off his rather sultry selfie for 'Interview' magazine, the singer posted a photograph under his new @zayn Instagram handle, saying: “Check out my cover of @interviewmag's September issue.

Desilicious is a raucous dance party that was started by LGBT South Asians in New York. The name is a play on words; many people of South Asian descent refer to themselves as Desi, and hundreds regularly turn out for the event. On a spring Saturday night in a New York City dance club, longtime Desilicious partygoer Sazzad Reza congratulates the event's founders on its big anniversary. The organizers have been staging the party every month or so since 2002.

She plays a stylish New Yorker on the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. But as it turns out, Jane Krakowski was inspired by one of the Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills for her portrayal of Jacqueline on the hit Netflix show.    The 49-year-old told Andy Cohen on his Sirius radio channel on Wednesday that Jacqueline's sense of style in the upcoming season was modeled after Dorit Kemsley. Style inspiration: Jane Krakowski, 49, spilled to Andy Cohen on his Sirius radio channel Wednesday about her Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt character Jacqueline's sense of style this next season and how it was inspired by Dorit Kemsley from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Book of the dayAutobiography and memoirReviewThe former Tory minister exposes the ‘shameful state’ of recent Conservative rule in this brilliantly frank account of dysfunctional government Soon after he was elected as a Conservative MP, Rory Stewart tried to sit down next to a party colleague. “This seat is reserved,” the MP growled at him. Stewart pointed out there was no “prayer card” in the brass holder at the back of the seat, meaning it was free.

The thirst for knowledge often inspires research with life-changing results. But it can also fuel experiments that range from the slightly silly to the downright disgusting. Now a list of the most amusing, provocative and outrageous experiments of modern science has been compiled by author Alex Boese, who scoured research journals, books and university archives. Topics covered include what happens when you give an elephant LSD and how to make a turkey frisky.

Gangs of pro-Palestinian thugs smashing windows at Starbucks and releasing mice in McDonald's are being whipped by an anti-Israeli boycott movement spreading across social media.  BDS Movement - which stands for boycotts, divestments and sanctions - has been urging supporters to put 'pressure' on companies that are perceived as being supportive of Israel.  It has attractive intense criticism for its use of inflammatory terms like 'apartheid', 'genocide' and 'settler colonialist' to describe Israel, while groups and individuals associated with the movement have been accused of antisemitic rhetoric.

IPOs This article is more than 7 months oldLondon IPO of soda ash firm could net Turkish billionaire’s family £650mThis article is more than 7 months oldCiner Group announces plans for 10% flotation of shares in WE Soda that may be big enough to propel company into FTSE 100 The family of a Turkish billionaire who owns a football stadium named after the country’s recently re-elected authoritarian president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, could be in line for £650m by floating an industrial company in London.

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