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Author J.K. Rowling reveals she has a Latin tattoo etched on her wrist – as she tells fans a Harry Potter inking would be ‘weird’ and ‘ridiculous’ J. K. Rowling revealed on Twitter that she had a tattoo etched on her wrist The British novelist, 54, was asked for any ‘little-known’ facts by fan on … Read more
Best books on home tutoring: Author Patricia Nicol suggests the best books for education Millions of parents across the country are home-schooling while isolating She said her sons are aged eight and 11 and are in year 4 and year 6 at school Patricia Nicol said that thankfully the Easter holidays will soon be upon … Read more
Best books on dogs: Author Patricia Nicol suggests novels focused on canine companions Author Patricia Nicol has shared a selection of books on four-legged friends Lily And The Octopus by American Steven Rowley comes to terms with loss Saving Missy by Beth Morrey involves a solitary old lady who craves company By Patricia Nicol For … Read more
Meghan Markle ‘was a smiling face in a dull institution’ and ‘too good to be true’ for the monarchy, according to novelist Dame Hilary Mantel. The British Booker Prize-winning author, 67, spoke with Harper’s Bazaar to celebrate the publication of the final installment of her bestselling Tudor trilogy, The Mirror & the Light. Photographed at Hampton Court Palace, the … Read more
British public IS racist towards Meghan Markle says Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel Hilary Mantel said racism has played a part in criticism aimed at Meghan Markle The author said there is an ‘intense concentration on bodies of royal women’ She compared scrutiny of the Meghan to that faced by royal women … Read more
Author Anthony Horowitz, 64, brands British Airways ‘cold blooded and criminally incompetent’ after delayed plane leaves him ‘stranded’ in Essex 35 miles from where he was supposed to land Award-winning fiction writer was supposed to fly from Geneva to London City But the flight was delayed, meaning London City had closed and flight changed It … Read more
She’s spoken frankly about depression and recently dismissed male authors as a waste of time. Now bestselling author Marian Keyes has made what some might judge her most controversial statement yet – admitting that her youthful good looks are the result of Botox and fillers. ‘I get it done approx every nine months,’ the 56-year-old … Read more
WHAT BOOK would Booker-shortlisted author Lucy Ellmann take to a desert island? Lucy Ellmann recently read Your Duck Is My Duck by Deborah Eisenberg She would take a volume of Jane Austen’s complete works to a desert island Author says most non-fiction books have left her cold, except Virginia Woolf’s By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:00 … Read more
NATURE TURNING THE BOAT FOR HOME By Richard Mabey (Chatto £18.99, 262pp) As a young man working in publishing, Richard Mabey would use his lunch hour to go for a walk, observing kestrels wheeling overhead, sand martins burrowing in a sandbank and the profusion of plants such as Canadian fleabane and Indian balsam. Far from … Read more
Even after something like 50 visits to Athens, I still find the geography occasionally baffling. Still, that’s part of the charm of this beautiful European city, and, the longer you spend there, the more you realise just how much there is to discover. By all means visit one of the spectacularly glamorous shoe shops on … Read more