WHAT BOOK would author Victoria Hislop take to a desert island? Victoria Hislop is currently reading Klara And The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Author would take War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy to a desert island She revealed I Am David by Anne Holm first gave her the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 10 … Read more
How to wash that stress right out of your hair! Designer Anya Hindmarch reveals her top tips for business and happiness in a fascinating memoir Anya Hindmarch, 52, has penned a memoir detailing how to run a business Fashion accessories designer also shares her top piece of advice for happiness Admits every new project she … Read more
NATURE THE WOOD AGE by Roland Ennos (William Collins £20, 336 pp) If your surname is Cooper, Carpenter, Wheelwright, Wainwright, Shipwright, Bowyer, Fletcher, Turner, Bowler, Sawyer or Forester, then one of your ancestors worked with hand tools and wood. One thing this wonderful book reminds you of is the resourcefulness of our forebears, who grew … Read more
WHAT BOOK would Costa Prize-winning author Hilary McKay take to a desert island? Hilary McKay is reading a new children’s book from Kiran Millwood Hargrave Author would take The Tailor Of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter to a desert island Revealed Enid Blyton’s Five On A Treasure Island first gave her the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: … Read more
Wonder of the world between your ears! Psychology professor explores the extraordinary workings of the human mind in a fascinating new tome John Paul Minda has penned a wide-ranging book on the workings of the mind Author uses Henry Molaison’s case to illustrate the importance of memory Memories are created in a object ‘about size of … Read more
NATURE THE NIGHTINGALE by Sam Lee (Century £14.99, 240pp) At 10.45pm on May, 19, 1924, BBC radio announcer Rex Palmer interrupted the Saturday evening broadcast by dance band The Savoy Orpheans to whisk listeners into a Surrey woodland, where cellist Beatrice Harrison had been joined by a nightingale. In those days, just two years after … Read more
…are you reading now? The Maidens by Alex Michaelides. It’s his second psychological thriller, the follow-up to his massive international bestseller, The Silent Patient. I’m halfway through and gripped. So far there’s a murder, a grieving therapist and a Cambridge University college that has many secrets hidden behind its beautiful, historical facade. If you haven’t … Read more
Juicy tales of the world’s smelliest fruit! Poet whose husband begged her to throw away a durian, examines the most challenging produce to grow and cook U.S. poet Kate Lebo is the author of two cookery books about fruit pies Reveals the most difficult to grow and challenging fruits to cook in a new book … Read more
BIOGRAPHY DISNEY’S BRITISH GENTLEMAN: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF DAVID TOMLINSON by Nathan Morley (History Press £20, 255 pp) Where this country excels is in its reliable character actors — Ian Carmichael, John Le Mesurier, Richard Wattis, Robert Morley and, among others, David Tomlinson, whom Noel Coward unforgettably described as looking like ‘a very old … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK TAKING ON GRAVITY by Richard Browning (Bantam £20, 256pp) Richard Browning found himself standing in a Wiltshire farmyard in 2016 with jet engines the size of hairdryers attached to his arms and legs by flexible poles taken from a pop-up tent. The engines were controlled with a trigger taken from an … Read more