With its illustrious legacy of producing musical prodigies, Detroit once again hit the jackpot with Jude Demorest. Born in 1992 amid the intoxicating rhythm of Motown, Jude was destined to be more than just a local sensation. Early days saw her honing her craft, absorbing the diverse influences around her. The city, known for producing legends, was unknowingly shaping Jude for a future that would take her far beyond Michigan's borders.

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DisabilityObituaryLois Keith obituaryWriter, teacher and disability rights campaigner who challenged the barriers facing disabled womenThe writer, teacher and disability rights campaigner Lois Keith, who has died aged 73, used her words and first-hand experience as a wheelchair user to challenge the barriers faced by disabled women. Lois began to write about attitudes towards disability in the 1990s, part of a growing band of disabled women, including Jane (now Lady) Campbell, Jenny Morris, and Rosalie (now Lady) Wilkins, who were spearheading change in the years before the Disability Discrimination Act was passed.

Book of the dayFictionReviewA timely reissue for this gem from the archives, in which an ex-public schoolboy makes a gruesome fall from grace Lord Jim at Home probably wasn’t aimed at the faint-hearted even in its year of original publication, 1973, when alarming the audience was at its height as both method and literary goal. Its target social anxieties – slyly presented and self-mirroring – belong to the two decades following the second world war, when the fear of the managing classes was that, given half a chance, whole sections of society would break the social and cultural contract, reject the capitalist project, and enjoy themselves instead.

Ryanair is scrapping its Stansted to Belfast route from October. The airline is withdrawing a total of five routes from London Stansted, Liverpool, East Midlands, Bristol and Glasgow Prestwick to Belfast. Services from Stansted to Belfast City Airport will end on 31 October 2010. Passengers are advised to check with Ryanair for bookings made after that date. The airline has supported the George Best Belfast City Airport's bid to secure a runway extension at its site in the east of the city.