VV Brown

After scrapping her second album and starting again, VV Brown is back with a darker pop confection and very good it is too

Walls | A*M*E | All Dom Wrong | VV Brown | The xx | Avril Lavigne

From Cliff Richard's passion for chicken tikka to Noel Gallagher's favourite cuppa and Tinie Tempah's love of seafood linguine, music stars give us a taste of their favourite foods and drinks

When the Observer asked Annie Lennox to chair a discussion for Women's Day, the singer and social activist gathered five other high-flying women to find out what equality means to them – and how feminism can galvanise the next generation

CD of the week: This album is a great idea that turns out to be a bit wearisome in practice, says Alice Fisher

VV Brown's theatricality and flamboyance that make Mika seem introverted, says Caroline Sullivan

A skirt that stops above the knee is now the uniform for every woman. But how high should you go? VV Brown, Mary Portas and Sadie Frost on their enthusiasm for thigh-skimming hemlines

Jude Rogers on VV Brown, one of 2009's brightest pop prospects