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In the strange, beguiling novels of mid-century writer Barbara Comyns, girls levitate and ducks swim through drawing rooms, while her own colourful life included a friendship with spy Kim Philby, and her talents were championed by Graham Greene. Might a new biography finally secure her place in the literary canon, asks Jessie Thompson

A barn in Warfield, a protected tree in Sandhurst, and houses on Nine Mile Ride are in this week’s roundup of planning applications and decisions…

From detecting irregular heartbeats to measuring blood oxygen levels, fitness trackers are ushering in a new era of preventative health

Telegraph: Fitness trackers are ushering in a new era of preventative health.

Mike Chisholm hosts the Letterman podcast and recently interviewed Paul Shafer

Lee Miller, Salvador Dalí, and Roland Penrose reporting for duty. Surrealists had, at the beginning of World War II, formed a camouflage services unit and were later absorbed into official camouflage roles in the British military.