Atlanta city guideAtlanta holidaysAtlanta does give a damn about Gone with the Wind – and you can take in the museums, southern homes and hotels that are connected to Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and the film, which celebrates its 75th birthday this yearMargaret Mitchell HouseThe first port of call for Gone With The Wind fans, thanks to its central location in midtown, the ground floor of this redbrick house is a museum that includes the apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote most of her novel. Read More...
The ObserverBeautyFor years now, straight hair has been the female ideal. But curls are back, along with short crops, rattails, dip dyes... Elizabeth Day throws away the straighteners – and asks what our changing style says about usLike many addictions, it starts as a psychological prop, a way of making yourself feel more confident in social situations. At first you only do it on a night out because everyone else does. Read More...
BooksObituaryMarilyn FrenchFeminist writer and academic famed for her groundbreaking novel The Women's RoomThe following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Wednesday 13 May 2009
Our obituary of the writer Marilyn French included a mention of her history of women, From Eve to Dawn, which conflated two editions of the work. We said it was published in four volumes in 2002; in fact the 2002 edition, published by McArthur & Company, was in three volumes. Read More...