The manuscript behind the US feminist’s monumental Dinner Party is finally published, Elton’s photography obsession returns and some woodcuts warn of disaster – all in your weekly dispatchJudy Chicago: Revelations An illuminated manuscript that Chicago started in the 1970s and is only now being published reveals the thinking behind her renowned work...

Writer and peer Daniel Finkelstein narrates his family’s extraordinary story with a mixture of horror and wonderIn this remarkable family memoir, the political journalist and Conservative peer Daniel Finkelstein documents the lives of his parents and grandparents under Hitler and Stalin, and “how the great forces of history crashed down in a terrible...

Hunted by Abir Mukherjee; Bonehead by Mo Hayder; When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips; The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom SpencerHunted by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker, £14.99) For his first standalone novel, Mukherjee, author of a crime series set in 1920s India, has turned his attention to contemporary America. During the last week of a toxic...

(1.9.7.5) Twenty years after her solo debut, Lewis delivers a mostly sumptuous set of turn-of-the-millennium-style popWhen you have the main writing credits on two of the great turn-of-the-century British pop songs – Pure Shores and Never Ever – a follow-up is no easy task. Indeed, in 2004, three years after girl group All Saints announced their breakup,...

(Mercury) The former One Direction singer continues to intrigue with an introspective, acoustic-leaning set with more highs than lowsSince disembarking from the One Direction juggernaut in 2015, Zayn Malik has taken the path less travelled. His 2016 solo debut, Mind of Mine, housed the global smash Pillowtalk, but was followed by the 27-track concept...

Academics’ union calls offer a ‘descent into parody’ while mosques complain about C of E special treatmentIt is meant to remind Britons of the “example set by our ultimate public servant”, but a £4.4m government scheme to send out free portraits of Charles III for display in public buildings is not quite going to plan.After first limiting the availability...