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FRIENDS AND ENEMIES by Barbara Amiel (Constable £25) MEMOIRS FRIENDS AND ENEMIES by Barbara Amiel (Constable £25) ‘Losing status, money, reputation and security is a shock when it happens all within a few days,’ writes Barbara Amiel in her fabulously gutsy and revealing memoir. She takes us from her world of glittering wealth to the … Read more
Mariah Carey reveals she was treated like ‘an ATM machine with a wig on’ as she discusses new memoir with Oprah Mariah revealed she didn’t ‘feel worthy of existing’ Fans speculated that Carey was referring to her marriage to Tommy Mottola The Meaning of Mariah Carey will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 29 By Tracy … Read more
As Britain’s most beloved vet, James Herriot’s delightfully honest and, at times, hilarious reminiscences of a vet’s life during the 1930s charmed millions of book lovers — and were turned into a long-running BBC series. Around 50 years after it was first published, as the second part of our exclusive reprint proves, his magical work is … Read more
MEMOIR Mapperton Moments by John Montagu (Skyscraper £10, 224 pp) Leaking house, leaking pond, leaking puppy, leaking father… these touching diaries of John Montagu (now the 11th Earl of Sandwich), chronicling his father’s slow decline into Alzheimer’s disease and death over eight years, have them all, in dripping abundance. Drip, drip, drip. It’s January 1987 … Read more
THE IMPATIENT PEN by Nicky Haslam (Zuleika £22.99, 240 pp) SHOWBIZ MEMOIRS OF THE YEAR THE IMPATIENT PEN by Nicky Haslam (Zuleika £22.99, 240 pp) If you are in agreement that ‘gossip is simply another word for finding other people interesting’ then, from start to finish, this book is a cheeky joy. Haslam’s prose, as … Read more
THE MOUNTBATTENS: THEIR LIVES AND LOVES by Andrew Lownie (Blink £20, 400pp) THE MOUNTBATTENS: THEIR LIVES AND LOVES by Andrew Lownie (Blink £20, 400pp) Everyone of a certain age remembers where they were, 40 years ago, when they heard the news that Lord Mountbatten had been assassinated by an IRA bomb. In this impressively well-researched … Read more