10 MAY 1997, page 36

Created, Not Begotten

Mary Kenny PROMISCUITIES: A SECRET HISTORY OF FEMALE DESIRE by Naomi Wolf Chatto, £12.99, pp. 272 T he trouble really began when Simone de Beauvoir announced, 'One is not born a......

Into The Blue

Ra Page LOVE IN A BLUE TIME by Hanif Kureishi Faber, .f8.99, pp. 212 A s any closet romantic will tell you, falling out of love can be an even grander experience than falling......