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From Kerry Andrew’s emotive novel to A Net For Small Fishes by Lucy Jago, an entertaining read by Nick Kent and Mick Herron’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine and Rufus Flynn and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 13 … Read more
It was a haul of treasure hailed upon its discovery as Britain’s ‘Tutankhamun’. The 86ft Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, was unearthed in 1939. More than 260 items were discovered, including weapons, armour, coins, jewellery, gold buckles, patterned plaques and silver cutlery. New Netflix film The Dig, starring Lily James, Ralph Fiennes and … Read more
From Salena Godden’s celebratory novel to The Beloved Children by Tina Jackson, a magical realist tale by Richard Flanagan and Jane Harper’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Eithne Farry and Max Davidson and Kitty Marlow and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2021 Mrs Death … Read more
From Peter Ho Davies’ touching novel to Asylum Road by Olivia Sudjic, a powerful debut by Hafsa Zayyan and Jeff Noon’s latest, the best new fiction By Anthony Gardner and Madeleine Feeny and Hephzibah Anderson and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 16 January 2021 A Lie Someone Told … Read more
From Megha Majumdar’s powerful US debut to The Shape Of Darkness by Laura Purcell, a historical adventure by Kate Mosse and Chris Hammer’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Anthony Cummins and Hephzibah Anderson and Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 … Read more
From Joyce Carol Oates’s quartet of novellas to Useless Miracle by Barry Schechter, a kaleidoscopic debut by Gemma Reeves and Isabel Ashdown’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Max Davidson and Madeleine Feeny and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 2 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 2 January 2021 Cardiff, By … Read more
Count Dracula and his terrifying exploits have helped to sustain the economy of a seaside town for decades. So it did not go down well when the local church tried to give goths visiting Whitby the unvarnished truth about a cemetery where Dracula’s grave is wrongly thought to lie. Those searching for the grave at … Read more
From Sally Gardner’s richly spun folk tale to Marley by Jon Clinch and Urs Faes’ contemplative novella, this week’s best new fiction By Madeleine Feeny and Max Davidson and Anthony Cummins Published: 22:01 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 26 December 2020 The Snow Song Sally Gardner … Read more
The Crown star Emma Corrin has insisted she ‘understands’ calls by the Culture Secretary to include a disclaimer on the newest series. The actress, 25, who starred as Princess Diana in series four of the Netflix drama, insisted the series doesn’t require a warning as fans are aware the drama is ‘very clearly’ a ‘dramatised … Read more
From Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize debut to Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid and an enchanting novel from Sophie Kirtley, the best fiction of the year By Hephzibah Anderson and Keeba Critchlow Published: 22:00 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 12 December 2020 Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart … Read more