How Russia's new super rich are buying cool Abramovich's designer girlfriend Dasha Zhukova is fast imposing her style and flair on the Western high street - not to mention transforming tastes among the flashy crowd back home, says Viv Groskop

Divorcing my breasts
In a culture obsessed with the perfect cleavage, a double mastectomy is the ultimate blow to a woman's femininity. Not for Liza Nelson. Here the author describes the thrilling liberation of life with a flat chest

Is virginity the last taboo?
Yes, says a group of hip, savvy and successful Christians. Elizabeth Day meets today's new radical twentysomethings

Celebs, shock and gore! It's homebirth: the movie!
Instead of an elective Caesarian, these days the fashionable crowd is going for the full delivery experience - at home. And leading the way is ex-talk show queen Ricki Lake, whose graphic homebirth video is set to be shown on the big screen. By Viv Groskop

The woman who taught the world to slim
When housewife Jean Nidetch invited a few neighbours to the first meeting of her dieting group 45 years ago, who could have imagined it would blossom into a multimillion-dollar franchise? Louise France tracks down the irrepressible founder of WeightWatchers, now 84, to her home in Florida - and asks her how she did it

How I get dressed
Natalia Vodianova, one of the world's richest models on fame, fashion and a life in poverty in Russia

Everybody's talking about
February | Prosecco and chips | Christmas coats | Dressing Russian | Jamie Lynn Spears | Being old | The M&S teacake fandango | Ovulation Goggles

150 best buys for Spring
Erin O'Connor cut her fashion teeth as a teen in Walsall, rummaging through the bargain bins at Topshop, apeing everyone from Wham! to Bananarama. Here, she presents her brilliant style memoir

Beauty Queen
A makeover and the lowdown on non-surgical facelifts

Chart of lust
Polly Vernon on this month's celebrity crushes

The Ex Files
Each month two former lovers explain what went wrong - Stefan Knight and Jim Stanton tell their story

What I know about men...
Marianne Faithfull singer, 61, in a relationship, one son, two grandchildren

What I know about women...
Jeffrey Eugenides 47, novelist, married, one daughter

The day I got the best toe job in town
Lynn Barber handed her feet over to professionals some time ago, but a £110 pedicure was a revelation

Skin illuminators
Alice Hart-Davis tests protective face creams, body scrubs and bright winter nails

A manual for all seasons
Kathryn Flett: Resolutions for 2008? Try acrobatic sex 365 days a year