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Austin city guideAustin holidaysWhether you're looking for an Eames chair, a flapper dress, a cheap pair of Jimmy Choos or a bit of music on vinyl, check out the city's wide array of vintage and second-hand stores As featured in our Austin city guide Uncommon ObjectsNestled among the boutique shops and trendy restaurants of South Congress, antique and curios emporium Uncommon Objects has been an Austin must-see since 1991. This treasure wonderland doesn't host your typical hodge-podge of random antiques; it's a carefully curated collection of Pinterest-worthy finds.

BooksThe groundbreaking feminist critic, poet, and intellectual on love, feminism, patriarchy, white supremacy, forgiveness and the power of art bell hooks, author and activist, dies aged 69 bell hooks, the feminist author, poet, theorist and cultural critic, has died at the age of 69 at her home in Berea, Kentucky. Her works, including Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, All About Love, Bone Black, Feminist Theory and Communion: The Female Search for Love, were beacons for a generation of writers and thinkers in academia and beyond.

Germany This article is more than 9 months oldBerlin welcomes topless female swimmers in victory for activistsThis article is more than 9 months oldGender equality campaigners celebrate rule change, which affects indoor and outdoor pools When a lifeguard asked police to remove Lotte Mies for bathing topless at her local indoor swimming pool in Berlin it was a move that would inadvertently trigger a rule change allowing all women, including visiting female tourists, the freedom to go topless while swimming in the city.

Advertising Standards Authority This article is more than 13 years oldBingo website ad banned for presenting negative racial stereotypeThis article is more than 13 years oldTV advert 'could be interpreted as humiliating, stigmatising or undermining' black character, rules watchdogThe advertising watchdog has banned a TV commercial for a gambling website for portraying black people as less intelligent than white people and presenting a negative racial stereotype. Bingo website Tombola's TV ad featured an older white man in a tuxedo and a black man in a casual Hawaiian shirt playing a ukelele.

NetherlandsHuis Doorn in the Netherlands struggles to attract visitors due to controversial legacy of last German emperor In the gloom of his small mausoleum near the village of Doorn, 16 miles east of the Dutch city of Utrecht, lies the mummified corpse of Kaiser Wilhelm II. His lead coffin is draped with a flag bearing the black eagle of Prussia. Surrounding the mausoleum, at his request, is a rhododendron garden.

UK newsEdgy symbol of digital age or artistic flop - London unveils Olympic logoGlitzy launch of brand designed to work with new media greeted by online petition for it to be scrappedTo some it looked like a graffiti tag, to others like a mosaic of beer mats, but to the organisers of the London 2012 Olympics the pink, blue, green and orange emblem unveiled yesterday is the most significant milestone since winning the bid nearly two years ago.

Alexis Petridis's album of the weekMusicReview(Geffen) Less hazy than her recent Red Moon in Venus, the witty Colombian American singer returns with an album centred on reggaeton, cumbia and reggae rhythms No one could accuse Kali Uchis of wasting time. The tour to promote her third album, Red Moon on Venus, ended a matter of weeks ago – with a performance at Camp Flog Gnaw, the festival curated by her sometime collaborator Tyler, the Creator – and yet here is its follow-up.

FictionReviewOrphan siblings, religious fanatics, spirit guides ... but this novel of two journeys from the Orange prize-shortlisted author is short on suspense I want a good gothic. A novel that smells of blood and old Bibles and sex, ripe as a walled-up corpse, but stays the right side of self-parody by sheer commitment. Sadly, Mr Splitfoot is not that book. Although Samantha Hunt turns out the creepy imagery and Christianity, suspense runs short and horror is too often undercut by an infuriating structure that serves symbolism over story.

In Siena, Luisa worries about social media. In Delhi, Nikita is trying to proof her house against air pollution. Here, couples who have welcomed a new child in recent months share their dreams and fears for them on an ever more crowded planet Published: 15 Nov 2022 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRoqpqlp6S5p7%2FOpw%3D%3D