Children's booksChildren's booksDivergent by Veronica Roth - review'Tris becomes drawn to a boy who seemed dangerous but safe'Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)Divergent is about a girl called Tris. She lives in a world which has a divided society. Tris doesn't fit in to any of the societies, she is different. She is forced to live a life she doesn't want. She wants to find where she belongs, so she leaves her family behind and ventures out alone.

How we madeHappy MondaysInterviewHappy Mondays: how we made Kinky AfroInterviews by Dave SimpsonPaul Ryder, Happy Mondays co-songwriter: 'We thought we were doing cannabis. Then Shaun said: "You've been smoking opium for two weeks"'Paul Ryder, bass/co-songwriterKinky Afro was our biggest hit in the US, but people still go crazy wherever we play it. It started off with us just jamming. We’d moved into this massive rehearsal space, and our kid [singer Shaun Ryder] turned up with a big fridge full of beer.

Moritz Hochschild circa 1944. Photograph: Dpa Picture Alliance/AlamyHe has been described as ‘the worst kind of businessman’, but we now know that industrialist Moritz Hochschild also rescued as many as 20,000 Jews from the Nazis by Dan CollynsMoritz Hochschild was constantly on the move. In the early 1930s, he could be found in the grand hotels of London, New York or Paris, or on the back of a mule, following rough mountain trails in search of mineral seams in the Bolivian Andes.

Is it worth it?Fitness‘I’d assumed that these machines were simply an updated version of those dangerous-looking 1970s fat-belt machines. I was proved wrong’What is it? A vibrating platform that nobody ever uses at your gym. How much does it cost? As usual, there’s probably one at your gym. If you want to visit a specialist Power Plate centre, like Powervibe in west London, it’s about £25 a pop. What does it promise?

SpiritualizedAfter 22 years of 'taking drugs to make music to take drugs to' the Spiritualized frontman decided it was time for a medical checkup. The news wasn't goodListen to a stream of Sweet Heart Sweet Light Jason Pierce – AKA J Spaceman – has a reputation as one of rock's primary cosmonauts. His first band, Spacemen 3, had a motto: "Taking drugs to make music to take drugs to." Spiritualized – whose various lineups he has fronted for the past 22 years – have made seven albums awash with druggy imagery, including the 1997 landmark Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, which came packaged as a giant pill.